Ha Hyung-joo

Ha Hyung-joo (born June 3, 1962), also known by Ha Hyoung-zoo, is a retired judoka from South Korea. In 1981, he became the first open division champion to represent South Korea at the Asian Judo Championships in Jakarta. Ha represented his native country at the Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics, and claimed the gold medal in the men's half heavyweight division (– 95 kg) by defeating Brazil's Douglas Vieira in the final. He also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics, but did not win a medal.[1][2]

Ha Hyung-joo
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  South Korea
Olympic Games
1984 Los Angeles -95 kg
World Championships
1985 Seoul -95 kg
1981 Maastricht -95 kg
1987 Essen -95 kg
Asian Games
1986 Seoul -95 kg
Asian Championships
1981 Jakarta Open
1981 Jakarta -95kg
Universiade
1985 Kobe -95 kg
Ha Hyung-joo
Hangul
하형주
Hanja
Revised RomanizationHa Hyeongju
McCune–ReischauerHa Hyŏngju
This is a Korean name; the family name is Ha.

He retired shortly after the Seoul Olympics and has been working as a physical education professor at Dong-A University.[3]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ha Hyeong-Ju". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
  2. "Hyung-Yoo Ha". judoinside.com. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
  3. "하형주, 1984년 LA올림픽, 유도 금메달 획득" (in Korean). Korea Herald. 2017-08-10. Retrieved 2019-10-04.


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