Zobrazení zdroje stránky Dae-Nam Song

[[File:song_daenam.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Dae-Nam Song]]
송대남<br>
Tae-Nam Song

{{KOR}} 05.04.1979

==Bio==
He was born in Yongin what is city very close to capital city Seoul.

His trainer was [[Jeong Hun]].

==Career and Style==
He was fighting in -81kg and for long time he was in shadow of another Korean judo stars.

In 2010 he finally got chance (31 years old) to start in World Championships when IJF increased quota for two judokas from a single country per category. Unfortunately he lost in first rounds and he was thinking about retiring.

In october 2010 he underwent operation of right knee where he had tored ligaments.<ref>http://sports.media.daum.net/general/news/moresports/breaking/view.html?newsid=20111207032404936&srchid=IIM%2Fnews%2F48201986%2F764bef3e769c418ac6e95f323247dcac#A20111207132005410.jpeg&srchid=IIM/news/48201986/764bef3e769c418ac6e95f323247dcac</ref> During recovery he was convicing by his trainer Jeong Hun not retire and move in middleweight cathegory (-90kg).

He came back in 2011 as Middleweighter (-90kg). In World Championships he unlucky lost match against Tiago Camillo by accumulating penalties in golden score.

For 2012 London Olympic Games he was chosen represent South Korea instead of young [[Gyu-Won I]]. He caught his chance for 100%. In final match he bet Cuban judoka and became the oldest gold medalist from men's Olympic judo tournament. He was 33 years old. During ceremony he showed respect to his trainer because he was who motivated him in continuation. 

After this success he retired.

Song's judo was based on very strong grips (kumikata). His Te-waza especially Seoi-nagi was very dangerous. He was practising it on both sides.

==Resuts==
===Olympic Games===
{| class="wikitable" 
! style="background: silver" width="50" | Year
! style="background: silver" width="50" | Age
! style="background: silver" width="120" | Category
! style="background: silver" | 1/32
! style="background: silver" | 1/16
! style="background: silver" | Quarter-Finals
! style="background: silver" | Semi-Finals
! style="background: silver" | Final Match

|- align="left"
| align="center"| 2012 || align="center"| 33.3 || Middleweight || '''W'''<br>{{URU}} [[Juan Romero]] || '''W'''<br>{{AZE}} [[Elxan Məmmədov]] || '''W'''<br>{{JPN}} [[Masashi Nishiyama]] || '''W'''<br>{{BRA}} [[Tiago Camilo]] || bgcolor=gold|'''W'''<br>{{CUB}} [[Asley González]]
|}

===World Championships===
{| class="wikitable" 
! style="background: silver" width="50" | Year
! style="background: silver" width="50" | Age
! style="background: silver" width="120" | Category
! style="background: silver" | 1/128
! style="background: silver" | 1/64
! style="background: silver" | 1/32
! style="background: silver" width="50" | 1/16
! style="background: silver" | Quarter-Finals
! style="background: silver" | Semi-Finals
! style="background: silver" | Final Match

|- align="left"
| align="center"| 2010 || align="center"| 31.4 || Half-Middleweight || '''W'''<br>{{KAZ}} [[Islam Bozbayev]] || '''W'''<br>{{TOG}} [[Sacha Denanyoh]] || '''L'''<br>{{FRA}} [[Loïc Pietri]] || - || - || - || -
|- align="left"
| align="center"| 2011 || align="center"| 32.3 || Middleweight || - || '''W'''<br>{{RSA}} [[Patrick Trezise]] || '''L'''<br>{{BRA}} [[Tiago Camilo]] || - || - || - || -
|}

==References==
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==Links==
*[http://www.judoinside.com/judoka/view/31747/ JudoInside.com FactFiles]
*[http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/so/song-dae-nam-1.html Sports-Reference.com]

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[[Category:Judo]]
[[Category:1979 Retired Judoka]]
[[Category:South Korean Judoka]]
[[Category:Olympic Champion]]
[[Category:OG2012]]
[[Category:WJCH2010]]
[[Category:WJCH2011]]