Pak Ok-song

Pak Ok-Song

Personal information
Nationality	North Korea
Born	16 October 1984
Height	1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight	53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
Sport	Judo
Event(s)	48 kg
Medal record Women's judo Competitor for  North Korea Asian Championships 2008 Jeju City 48 kg 2007 Kuwait City 48 kg East Asian Championships 2006 Ulan Bator 48 kg East Asian Games 2009 Hong Kong 48 kg

Pak Ok-Song (also Pak Ok-Seong, Korean: 박 옥성; born October 16, 1984) is a North Korean judoka, who played for the extra-lightweight category.^[1] She won two medals, silver and bronze, for the 48 kg division at the Asian Judo Championships (2007 in Kuwait City, Kuwait, and 2008 in Jeju City, South Korea).^[2][3]

Pak represented North Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's extra-lightweight class (48 kg). She defeated Portugal's Ana Hormigo and Kazakhstan's Kelbet Nurgazina in the preliminary rounds, before losing out the semi-final match, by an ippon (full point) and a yoko shiho gatame (side four quarter hold), to Cuba's Yanet Bermoy.^[4] Because Bermoy advanced further into the final match against Romania's Alina Dumitru, Pak automatically qualified for the bronze medal game, where she narrowly lost the medal to Argentina's Paula Pareto, who successfully scored a waza-ari (half-point) and a kuchiki taoshi (single leg takedown), at the end of the five-minute period.^[5]

References

1. "Pak Ok-Song". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
2. "2007 Asian Championships – Kuwait City, Kuwait". Judo Inside. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
3. "2008 Asian Championships – Jeju City, South Korea". Judo Inside. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
4. "Women's Extra Lightweight (48kg/106 lbs) Final of Table B". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
5. "Women's Extra Lightweight (48kg/106 lbs) Bronze Medal Contest A". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 21 January 2013.

External links

• Profile – Judo Inside
• NBC Olympics Profile