Kang Sin-young

Kang Sin-Young

Personal information
Nationality	South Korea
Born	(1977-03-20) 20 March 1977
Height
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

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

Kang Sin-Young (also Kang Sin-Yeong, Korean: 강 신영; born March 20, 1977) is a South Korean judoka, who played for the lightweight category. 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.

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.

External links

• Profile – Judo Inside
• NBC Olympics Profile