Kim Chon-man

Kim Chon-man
Personal information
Nationality:	North Korea
Discipline (s) :	Tower / synchronized jumping
Birthday:	October 20, 1987
Size:	165 cm
Weight:	59 kg

Kim Chon-man (born October 20, 1987 ) is a North Korean water diver . He starts in the 10 m tower and synchronized jumping.

Kim achieved his first successes at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha . In the individual competition from the tower he won bronze, in synchronized jumping with Ri Jong-nam silver. The following year he took third place at the FINA Diving Grand Prix vom Turm in Zhuhai . He also won the gold medal in the individual military world championships. Another year later he was able to qualify for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing , where he finished 30th and last in the individual from the tower. Kim took part in the World Cup for the first time in Rome in 2009 , but retired there as 22nd after the preliminary fight. He won his last international medal to date at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou . With So Myong-hyok he won the bronze medal in the 10 m synchronized jumping.

Web links

• Kim Chon-man in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Profile of Kim Chon-man at the Institute for Applied Exercise Science

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Men Synchro Platform Results. (PDF,) (No longer available online.) In: Asia Swimming Federation. November 22, 2010, p. 1 , archived from the original on March 15, 2012 ; accessed on March 26, 2012 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Kim is the family name here, Chon-man is the first name.