Kang Sin-young

Kang Sin-young (also Kang Sin-yeong, Korean: 강신영; born March 20, 1977) is a South Korean judoka, who played for the lightweight category.[1] She won a silver medal for her division at the 2008 Asian Judo Championships in Jeju City, and bronze at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar.[2][3]

For the actor with the same name, see Shin Seong-il.

Kang Sin-young

Personal information
Nationality	South Korea
Born	(1977-03-20) 20 March 1977
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Sport	Judo
Event(s)	57 kg
Medal record Women's judo Representing  South Korea Asian Games 2006 Doha 57 kg Asian Championships 2008 Jeju City 57 kg
Korean name
Hangul	강신영
Revised Romanization	Gang Sin-yeong
McCune–Reischauer	Kang Sin-yŏng

This is a Korean name; the family name is Kang.

Kang represented South Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's lightweight class (57 kg). Unfortunately, she lost the first preliminary round match to Brazil's Ketleyn Quadros, who successfully scored a yuko and a te gatame (hand armlock), at the end of the five-minute period.[4]

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kang Sin-young". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
2. "Judoka Xu Yan from China wins women's 57kg title at Asiad". Xinhua News Agency. People's Daily Online (China). 5 December 2006. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
3. "Asian Championships Jeju City, 2008, Korea". Judo Inside. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
4. "Women's Lightweight (57kg/125 lbs) Preliminaries". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2013.

External links

• Kang Sin-young at JudoInside.com
• NBC 2008 Olympics profile
• Kang Sin-young at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)