Lee Seung-su (; born 20 July 1990) is a South Korean

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Career

Lee is the South Korea national team's primary half-middleweight fighter, having represented them at the

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and 2015 World Judo Championships. He was also chosen as the half-middleweight representative in the 2015 World team competition, where he won a silver medal. His main skill is

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, a trademark of the Korea national team. On the

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circuit, he has won a silver medal at the 2015 Grand Slam in

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and the 2013 Grand Prix in Jeju and

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. A soldier of the

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, Lee has participated in various military games, and most notably won the gold medal at the 2015

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. Lee became Korea's half-middleweight representative after defeating double world champion Wang Ki-chun as the latter ascended from lightweight. He has consistently won the national title in the weight division, however lost to Wang in the 2015 Korea National Championships. Lee is ranked No. 29 in the world rankings, and is the second ranked in Korea for the Olympic qualifiers after Wang.

Competitive record

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Seung-soo South Korean male judoka 1990 births Living people Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for South Korea Summer World University Games medalists in judo Judoka at the 2018 Asian Games FISU World University Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games competitors for South Korea Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade Military World Games gold medalists for South Korea Military World Games medalists in judo 21st-century South Korean sportsmen