Da Sol Park Judoka

Da Sol Park

Country:South Korea
Born:21 January 1996 (24 years)
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Korean judoka Da-Sol Park won the Grand Prix in Ulaanbaatar in 2013 U52kg which was one of her career highlights among other international judo world cup medals. In 2016 Park took silver U52kg at the European Open in Sofia. She took silver at the Universiade in Napoli. She took silver at the Grand Prix in Zagreb in 2019. She took bronze at the Grand Slam in Abu Dhabi in 2019.

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Maeda Chishima doubles the gold rush for Japan

23 Jan 2020 19:55

At the Grand Prix in Tel Aviv the category U52kg was a 100% Asian final with Jeong Bokyeong of Korea and Maeda Chishima of Japan qualified to climb onto the highest step of the podium. The battle for kumi-kata was fierce for much of a knife-drawn final, but it was Maeda that finally won after impeccable Japanese ground work once again: ippon after an immobilisation. Read more

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Majlinda Kelmendi wins rematch against Giuffrida

24 Oct 2019 19:05

Olympic champion Majlinda Kelmendi of Kosovo extracted a degree of revenge for losing the 2018 Abu Dhabi final against Olympic silver medallist Odette Giuffrida (ITA) by beating her long-time rival to win the 2019 edition. Kelmendi extended her one-sided winning record over Giuffrida to 7-2 by countering a desperate harai-makikomi effort after five minutes of golden score. Read more

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Natsumi Tsunoda stays undefeated on Grand Prix stage

26 Jul 2019 18:35

Former world silver medallist Tsunoda Natsumi (JPN) edged past Asian Games silver medallist Park Da Sol (KOR) by a single waza-ari score to win her second Grand Prix gold medal. Tsunoda, who is behind world champion Abe Uta and world silver medallist Shishime Ai in the race for Tokyo 2020, produced a professional performance to take a key win to remain in the frame for her country having been overlooked for a place at the World Championships next month. Read more

Korea and Uzbekistan surprise Japan at Asian Games opening day

29 Aug 2018 13:50

Not Japan but Korea is the winner at day one of the Asian Games in Jakarta. An Baul took the victory in the category U66kg which was an expected victory despite the opposition from Japan, Kazachstan and Kyrgyzstan. However the gold medal for Jeong BoKyeong was kind of a surprise. Read more

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Teenage prodigy Abe Uta looks unstoppable

25 May 2018 16:05

Abe Uta of Japan won her fourth IJF World Judo Tour event in a row to extend her winning-streak to 24 contests. Paris Grand Slam winner Abe, 17, held down former Ulaanbaatar Grand Prix bronze medallist Wu Shugen (CHN) for 20 seconds and ippon in the U52kg final. Read more