{{Short description|South Korean judoka (born 1983)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}} {{family name hatnote|Bang||lang=Korean}} {{Infobox judoka | name = Bang Gui-man | image = <!-- name.jpg --> | image_size = <!-- only when absolutely necessary --> | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|5|4|df=y}} | birth_place = Namyangju, Gyeonggi, South Korea | height = 1.73 m <!-- Korean name --> | module = {{Infobox Korean name/auto | headercolor = #CCCC99 | child = yes | hangul = %방귀만 }} <!-- Sport --> | country = South Korea | weight_class = {{nbnd}}66 kg, {{nbnd}}73 kg | rank = <!-- Belt color ONLY. Automated when "dan" is used. --> | rank_ref = | dan = <!-- Dan rank (number, 1-11), for Black belts only --> | club = Namyangju City Hall<ref name=asian-games/> | coach = Cho In-chul<ref name=asian-games/> <!-- Achievements and titles --> | worlds_rank = R16 | worlds_year = 2007 | worlds_weight = Men's 66 kg | regionals_type = AS | regionals_rank = 1 | regionals_year = 2007 | regionals_weight = <!-- Optional – To link to specific weightclass competition article (when one exists) --> | regionals_year2 = 2009 | regionals_weight2 = <!-- Optional – To link to specific weightclass competition article (when one exists) --> | nationals = | olympics_rank = R32 | olympics_year = 2004 | olympics_weight = Men's 66 kg <!-- Medal record --> | show-medals = | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport| Men's judo }} {{Medal|Country| {{KOR}} }} {{Medal|Competition| Asian Games }} {{Medal|G| 2014 Incheon | Men's team }} {{Medal|B| 2014 Incheon | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} {{Medal|Competition| Asian Championships }} {{Medal|G| 2007 Kuwait City | {{nbnd}}66 kg }} {{Medal|G| 2009 Taipei | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} {{Medal|B| 2004 Almaty | {{nbnd}}66 kg }} {{Medal|B| 2005 Tashkent | {{nbnd}}66 kg }} {{Medal|Competition| World Masters }} {{Medal|G| 2010 Suwon | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} {{Medal|Competition| IJF Grand Slam }} {{Medal|G| 2014 Paris | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} {{Medal|S| 2010 Moscow | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} {{Medal|S| 2013 Tokyo | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} {{Medal|Competition| IJF Grand Prix }} {{Medal|G| 2009 Qingdao | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} {{Medal|G| 2013 Rijeka | {{nbnd}}73 kg }} | updated = 20 November 2022 }}
'''Bang Gui-man''' ({{Korean|hangul=방귀만}}; born 4 May 1983, in Namyangju, Gyeonggi) is a South Korean judoka, who competed in the men's lightweight category.<ref>{{cite sports-reference |title=Bang Gui-man |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/bang-gwi-man-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202213254/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/bang-gwi-man-1.html |archive-date=2 December 2016 |access-date=23 September 2014}}</ref> He represented his nation South Korea at the 2004 Summer Olympics, picked up four medals in the 66 and 73 kg division at the Asian Judo Championships, and earned a bronze medal at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kunihiro Places Fifth at KRA Korea World Cup |url=http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Judo/Features/2009/December/04/Kunihiro-Places-Fifth-at-KRA-Korea-World-Cup |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062527/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Judo/Features/2009/December/04/Kunihiro-Places-Fifth-at-KRA-Korea-World-Cup |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |publisher=Team USA |date=4 December 2009 |accessdate=23 September 2014}}</ref> Throughout his sporting career, Bang trained for Namyangju City Hall's elite judo squad under his longtime coach and mentor Cho In-chul.<ref name=asian-games>{{cite web |title=2014 Asian Games Profile: Bang Gui-man |url=http://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/Biographies/Athletes_Profile/?ParticCode=5122496&lang=en |publisher=2014 Incheon |accessdate=23 September 2014 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924201931/http://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/Biographies/Athletes_Profile/?ParticCode=5122496&lang=en |archivedate=24 September 2014}}</ref>
Bang qualified for the South Korean squad in the men's half-lightweight class (66 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by placing third and receiving a berth from the 2004 Asian Championships in Almaty. He lost his opening match to Brazilian judoka and 1996 Olympic bronze medalist Henrique Guimarães, who successfully scored an ippon and an ōuchi gari (big inner reap), at two minutes and twenty-one seconds.<ref>{{cite web |title=Judo: Men's Half-Lightweight (66kg/146 lbs) Round of 32 |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/martial_arts/results/3534218.stm |work=Athens 2004 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=15 August 2004 |access-date=31 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Henrique Guimarães estréia com vitória por ippon |trans-title=Henrique Guimarães debuts with a victory by an ippon |language=Portuguese |url=http://esporte.uol.com.br/olimpiadas/ultimas/2004/08/15/ult2262u63.jhtm |publisher=Universo Online |date=15 August 2004 |accessdate=23 September 2014}}</ref>
When South Korea hosted the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, Bang culminated his ten-year career medal drought from the international scene to score an ippon victory over 2012 Olympian Navruz Jurakobilov of Uzbekistan for a bronze in the men's 73 kg class.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kim |first1=Bo-ram |last2=Park |first2=So-jung |title=Olympic champ Kim Jae-bum re-claims Asiad gold |url=http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/topic/2014/09/21/46/1350010000AEN20140921004251320F.html |publisher=Yonhap |date=21 September 2014 |accessdate=23 September 2014}}</ref> Two days later, he helped his fellow South Korean teammates outplay their Kazakh rivals to top the medal podium with a gold in the team competition.<ref>{{cite news |title=South Korean fencers prove dominance once again |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/sports/2014/09/207_165120.html |publisher=Korea Times |access-date=23 September 2014}}</ref>
After the World Cup in Rome in October 2010 he tested positive for banner stimulant drug methylhexanamine and was banned for 2 years.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.jtbc.joins.com/article/ArticlePrint.aspx?news_id=NB10291402 |title=비운의 유도 천재' 방귀만, 2년 만에 부활 |trans-title=Judo star Bang Gui-man banned for two years. |website=joins.com |language=ko}}</ref>
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