Ye Gue-rin

Ye Gue-rin (also Ye Geu-rin, Korean: 예그린; born October 16, 1981 in Seoul) is a South Korean judoka, who competed in the women's extra-lightweight category.[1] She finished seventh in the 48-kg division at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and also picked up a bronze at the 2008 East Asian Judo Championships in Taipei, Taiwan.

Ye Gue-rin
Personal information
Full nameYe Gue-rin
Nationality South Korea
Born (1981-10-16) 16 October 1981
Seoul, South Korea
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
SportJudo
Event(s)48 kg
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl
예그린
Revised RomanizationYe Geurin
McCune–ReischauerYe Kŭrin
In this Korean name, the family name is Ye.

Ye qualified for the South Korean squad in the women's extra-lightweight class (48 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by placing fifth and receiving a berth from the Asian Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan. She opened her match with a more convincing victory by points over Turkish judoka and two-time Olympian Neşe Şensoy Yıldız, before losing in an earth-shattering ippon to Germany's Julia Matijass during the quarterfinals.[2] After her striking defeat, Ye's coach Suh Joung-buk apparently hit one of the athletes with a punch inside the judo hall, resulting the coach to be sent home from the Games in disgrace.[3][4] In the repechage, Ye redeemed her chance from an incident for an Olympic bronze medal by thwarting Canada's Carolyne Lepage in their first playoff, but came up short with a tani otoshi throw and a score 2–1 on koka against China's Gao Feng, relegating Ye to the seventh position.[5][6]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ye Gue-rin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  2. "Judoda Neşe Şensoy Yıldız elendi" [Neşe Şensoy Yıldız is eliminated in judo] (in Turkish). Zaman. 14 August 2004. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  3. "South Korean coach struck one of his athletes". ESPN. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  4. "Coach hits athlete, gets expelled". China Daily. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  5. "Judo: Women's Extra-Lightweight (48kg/106 lbs) Repechage Round 3". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  6. "Carolyne Lepage's Olympic swan song". The Globe and Mail. CAAWS. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 1 December 2014.


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