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'''Choi Sun-ho''' ({{Korean|hangul=최선호}}; born June 24, 1977) is a South Korean judoka, who played for the middleweight category.<ref>{{cite sports-reference|title = Choi Sun-ho|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/choi-seon-ho-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417233513/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/choi-seon-ho-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 17 April 2020|access-date = 17 January 2013}}</ref> He won a total of three medals (gold, silver, and bronze) in his division at the Asian Judo Championships (2003 and 2008 in Jeju City, and 2007 in Kuwait City, Kuwait).<ref>{{cite web|title=Asian Championships Jeju, 2003, Korea|url=http://www.judoinside.com/event/view/2929/|publisher=Judo Inside|accessdate=15 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Asian Championships Kuwait City, 2007, Kuwait|url=http://www.judoinside.com/event/view/4801/|publisher=Judo Inside|accessdate=17 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Asian Championships Jeju City, 2008, Korea|url=http://www.judoinside.com/event/view/5159/|publisher=Judo Inside|accessdate=17 January 2013}}</ref>

Choi represented South Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in the men's middleweight class (90&nbsp;kg). He lost the first preliminary round match to Egypt's Hesham Mesbah by a koka and a superiority decision.<ref>{{cite web|title=Men's Middleweight (90kg/198 lbs) Preliminaries|url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/judo/resultsandschedules/rsc=JUM090501/index.html|publisher=NBC Olympics|accessdate=17 January 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821140024/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/judo/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DJUM090501/index.html|archivedate=21 August 2012}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{Sports links}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120826105120/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete%3D60971/bio/index.html NBC Olympics Profile] *{{cyworld|49197198}}

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