Yoon Pil-jae Claims 16th Career Taebaek Wrestling Title at Uiseong Garlic Tournament

Yoon Pil-jae of the Uiseong County Office has claimed his 16th career Taebaek Jangsa title at the Witherspharm 2026 Uiseong Garlic Traditional Wrestling Tournament.

Today (the 3rd), Yoon defeated Moon Gi-taek of the Changwon Special City Hall 3-2 in the best-of-five Taebaek division (80kg or below) Jangsa final held at the Uiseong Gymnasium in North Gyeongsang Province.

Having secured his second victory of this season following the Dano tournament, Yoon increased his total number of career Taebaek Jangsa titles to 16.

Yoon seized the early momentum in the final by winning the first bout against Moon Gi-taek, a sixth-year pro competing in his first-ever Taebaek Jangsa final, with a push-out.

Although he gave up the lead after conceding the second and third bouts in a row, Yoon brought the match back to a tie by succeeding with another push-out in the fourth bout. He then sealed the victory in the final fifth bout by taking down Moon with a database-twisting throw (jabchigi) right as the match began.

Kim Jun-tae (Jeungpyeong County Office) and Kim Won-ho (Jeongeup City Hall) tied for third place.

(Photo courtesy of the Korea Ssireum Association, Yonhap News)
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