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Un Yong Kim
Born (1931-03-19) 19 March 1931 (age 93)
South Korea
CitizenshipSouth Korean
Alma materYonsei University
OccupationFormer president of World Taekwondo Federation[1][2]

Un Yong Kim (born on 3 March 1931) is a South Korean sports administrator and is the former Vice-President of the International Olympic Committee and founding member of the WTF executive board.[3][4] Kim, Un-yong was elected the president of the Korean Taekwondo Association on 23 January 1971.[5] He received a doctorate in Political Science in 1963 from the University of Yonsei. Kim retired from the WTF presidency in 2004 and was succeeded by Chungwon Choue.[6]

In 1973 the World Taekwondo Federation was formed and Dr. Kim was elected its first president.[7][8][9][10][11][12]

In 2004 Un Yong Kim was jailed for corruption and was responsible for getting taekwondo in the Olympics.[13][14][15]


Kim has served as President of the Korean Sports Council (KSC), President of the Korean Olympic Committee, President of the 2002 Pusan Asian Games Organization Committee, President of the Korea Taekwondo Association, President of World Taekwondo Headquarters (Kukkiwon), an Ambassador at Large with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Co-Chairman of the Rebuilding Korea Committee, and internationally, he was the President of GAISF, Executive Board Member of the IOC, Chairman of the IOC Radio and Television Commission, and President of the World Taekwondo Federation.[16][17]

References

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  3. ^ "IOC official jailed for corruption". BBC. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  4. ^ "S Korea Taekwondo chief held". BBC. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
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  6. ^ "Kim Un-yong resigns from top IOC post". Dawn. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  7. ^ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CayyJJg0KIsC&pg=PA205&lpg=PA205&dq=kim+un-yong+taekwondo&source=bl&ots=KX3Q63xq9b&sig=U_gSfdoSEvC-OjnEFDzdc98yYYQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=hCyWVI6OLoTkat_DgegP&ved=0CCAQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=kim%20un-yong%20taekwondo&f=false
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  13. ^ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CayyJJg0KIsC&pg=PA205&lpg=PA205&dq=kim+un-yong+world+taekwondo+federation&source=bl&ots=KX3Q63yhai&sig=3Y-n3jB5VUJqfQjOUHcbvJ5idzw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-SyWVMbNK8fgavGRgeAK&ved=0CCAQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=kim%20un-yong%20world%20taekwondo%20federation&f=false
  14. ^ "Olympic committee vice-president jailed for embezzlement". SMH. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  15. ^ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Bd_NrWVI1q0C&pg=PT220&lpg=PT220&dq=kim+un-yong+taekwondo&source=bl&ots=_cOrxUv-zY&sig=oUq8MFHJXtcRYYDvzkGdagdOMjY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MSuWVLrVFYLWav3egbAD&ved=0CEoQ6AEwCTgK#v=onepage&q=kim%20un-yong%20taekwondo&f=false
  16. ^ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CayyJJg0KIsC&pg=PA205&lpg=PA205&dq=kim+un-yong+taekwondo&source=bl&ots=KX3Q63xn5c&sig=P5niSvwlJ03XJjT9WIA23bxM-ko&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MSuWVLrVFYLWav3egbAD&ved=0CCAQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=kim%20un-yong%20taekwondo&f=false
  17. ^ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ns4DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT73&lpg=PT73&dq=kim+un-yong+world+taekwondo+federation&source=bl&ots=ndfo8vVOIJ&sig=cktnz9vsYn29QZoAPoO4dGysQg0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ii2WVO3HLozKaIPmgvAH&ved=0CCAQ6AEwADgU#v=onepage&q=kim%20un-yong%20world%20taekwondo%20federation&f=false


Bibliography

  • A Killing Art by Alex Gillis ISBN-10: 1770410228, ISBN-13: 978-1770410220
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