Kim Eui-tae

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Korean spelling
Hangeul 김의태
Hanja 金義泰
Revised
Romanization 		Gim Ui-tae
McCune-
Reischauer 		Kim Ŭit'ae

Kim Eui-tae (born June 2, 1941 ) is a former South Korean judoka . He was the first Korean to win an Olympic medal in judo in 1964.

Athletic career

The 1.74 m tall Kim Eui-tae won his first international medal at the 1961 World Championships , when he received a bronze medal in the open class after four wins and losses against the two Japanese Takeshi Koga and Kōji Sone . At the 1961 World Championships, only one competition was held in the open class.

At the Olympic premiere of judo in Tokyo in 1964 , four weight classes were on the program. Kim Eui-tae competed in the middleweight division, the weight class up to 80 kilograms. He won the sixth preliminary group and defeated the Brazilian Lhofei Shiozawa in the quarterfinals . In the semifinals he was defeated by the eventual Olympic champion Isao Okano from Japan. At the World Championships in 1965 Kim Eui-tae joined the middleweight division as in 1964 and won a bronze medal.

After there were no judo competitions on the Olympic program in Mexico City in 1968, judo competitions were held for the second time at the Olympic Games in Munich in 1972. Kim Eui-tae competed in the light heavyweight (up to 93 kilograms) and in the open class. In the light heavyweight division, he was eliminated in the second round against James Wooley from the United States. In the open class he lost to Peter Jákl from Czechoslovakia in his first fight .

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Match balance at judoinside.com. The bronze medal for Kim Eui-tae is attributed to a North Korean named Kim Tong-pae at sport-complete , but this cannot be found in the match statistics at judoinside.com.
  2. ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle II. London 1948 - Tokyo 1964. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-328-00740-7 . P. 715
  3. ↑ World Championships 1965 at judoinside.com
  4. ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 . P. 281
  5. ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 . P. 282
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, Eui-tae is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Kim Eui-tae
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 김의태 (Hangeul)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South Korean judoka
DATE OF BIRTH June 2, 1941