You In-tak

You In-Tak (Korean: 유인탁; Hanja: 柳寅卓; RR: Yu In-tak; born January 10, 1958, in Gimje, Jeollabuk-do) is a retired South Korean freestyle wrestler and Olympic champion.[1][2]

You In-tak
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  South Korea
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1984 Los Angeles Lightweight
Universiade
Silver medal – second place 1981 Bucharest Lightweight

You first garnered attention at the 1981 Summer Universiade where he won the silver medal in the freestyle wrestling 68 kg class by losing to future two-time World Champion Raúl Cascaret of Cuba in the final match.

You received a gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.[3][4]

Later he began coaching but he quit the sport in 1999 and since has been an owner of an eatery.[2]

References

  1. "최우수선수에 柳寅卓". 경향신문 (in Korean). 1980-02-09. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  2. "(28)올림픽 금메달리스트 유인탁" (in Korean). 전북일보. 2011-05-27. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  3. "1984 Summer Olympics Los Angeles, United States Wrestling". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 2008-08-27. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
  4. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yu In-Tak". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 2019-10-02.


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