Yang Kyong-Il ( or ; born 7 August 1989 in

Pyongyang Pyongyang () is the Capital city, capital and largest city of North Korea, where it is sometimes labeled as the "Capital of the Revolution" (). Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River about upstream from its mouth on the Yellow Sea. Accordi ...

) is a male freestyle wrestler from

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu River, Yalu (Amnok) an ...

who is a double world champion and won a bronze medal at the

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Career

Yang won his first world title at the 2009 World Championships. He beat Bayaraagiin Naranbaatar, Krasimir Krastanov, Mykola Aivazian and Rizvan Gadzhiev before beating Sezar Akgül in the final. He participated in Men's freestyle 55 kg at

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. He lost in the last 16 to Namig Sevdimov and was eliminated from the competition. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Yang beat Dilshod Mansurov before losing to Dzhamal Otarsultanov. Because Otarsultanov reached the final, Yang was entered into the repechage. In the repechage, Yang beat

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before beating

Daulet Niyazbekov Daulet Niyazbekov (; born 12 February 1989) is a former Kazakh freestyle wrestler, who was a member of the Olympic Games 2012. He competed in the men's freestyle 55 kg and he lost his bronze medal match to World Champion Yang Kyong-il. Niyazb ...

to win a bronze medal. In

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, Yang won his second world title in Tashkent. He beat Kim Sung-gwon,

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and

Hassan Rahimi Hassan Rahimi (, born 15 June 1989) is an Iranian wrestler. He was born in Tehran, Iran, and grown up in Yaftabad Tehran. In 2008, he became the Junior Asian Champion and Junior World silver medalist. In 2009 he became the Junior World Champion. ...

before beating

Vladimer Khinchegashvili Vladimer Khinchegashvili ( ka, ვლადიმერ ხინჩეგაშვილი; born April 18, 1991) is a Georgian freestyle wrestler who competes in 55–61 kg categories. He won a silver medal at the 2012 Olympics and a gold ...

in the final. At the

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, Yang lost to Rei Higuchi in the first round. Because Higuchi reached the final, Yang was entered into the repechage. In the repechage, Yang beat

Asadulla Lachinau Asadulla Lachinau, aka Asabdullah Lachinov (born April 17, 1986 in Dagestan, Russia) is a Russian-Belarusian freestyle wrestler. He competed in the men's freestyle 57 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in which he was eliminated in the repecha ...

before losing to

Yowlys Bonne Yowlys Bonne Rodríguez (born November 2, 1983) is a Cuban world champion freestyle wrestler and three-time world-level medalist. Early life Bonne is from Guantánamo, Cuba. Career In 2018 Bonne became world champion by defeating Gadzhimurad R ...

to leave without a medal.

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