Kim Haeng-jik

Kim Haeng-jik
Personal details
birthday	March 31, 1992
place of birth	Suwon
nationality	South Korea
Active time	since 2007
Achievements Unless otherwise stated, the information relates to the “three cushion” discipline.
Best ED: 3.076
2018, Three Cushion World Cup 2018/7 , Hurghada ,
Best GD: 2.239
2018, Three Cushion World Cup 2018/7 , Hurghada ,
Maximum series (HS): 18
2019, Three Cushion World Cup 2019/2 , Ho Chi Minh City ,
World Championships:
4 × Junior World Championships 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012
World rankings
Highest WRL place:	2
Current WRL location:	12
Societies)
BF Horster-Eck Essen 1959 (until 2011/12 season) Mannheim Billiard Friends (since 2010)

Korean spelling
Hangeul	김행 직
Revised Romanization	Gim Haeng-jik
McCune- Reischauer	Kim Haengchik
See also : Korean name

Kim Haeng-jik (born March 31, 1992 in Suwon , South Korea ) is a professional carom player and world champion.

Career

Kim belongs to the young guard of exceptional players from South Korea who, since the 2000s, have been competing with the leading nation Belgium in the international three- cushion scene. At the age of only 15, Kim became Junior World Champion (U21) in three cushion for the first time in 2007. The following year he was third in Uccle , Belgium and was again world champion in 2010 in Hoogeveen , Netherlands and 2011 in Guatemala City . On October 27, 2012 he was in the final of a Junior World Championship for the fourth time. In San Javier , Spain he met the Vice European Champion (2012) Ömer Karakurt from Turkey , whom he beat with 35:27 in 23 shots ( ED 1.522). As the reigning world champion, he has the exception that he must be under the age of 22 on September 21st to be able to defend his title at the Junior World Championships in 2013.

Others

Kim lived for many years in Germany, where he plays for the clubs Mannheimer Billardfreunde and Horster Eck in Essen , but also in the Dutch league. In the summer of 2012 he had to go back to his homeland to do his military service there. He is one of the few left-handers, but also plays with his right hand to avoid the auxiliary cue . Like his compatriot Choi Sung-won , he hardly speaks English and needs a translator. His supervisor on trips abroad is William Oh, who is also a teacher at the Billiards Academy in Korea. He attended the same high school with his friend and 2011 World Cup final opponent, Kim Jun-tae from Seoul . Thanks to its success, the school now has a good reputation and many students want to learn to play billiards. Kim runs his own billiard room there.

On May 10, 2013, he suffered a cerebral haemorrhage that caused a stroke. He was immediately taken care of in the intensive care unit. A new cerebral hemorrhage prevented further treatment, but the doctors assumed they would be able to operate on him soon. After doctors decided to treat his meningoencephalitis (encephalomeningitis) with drugs instead of surgery, Kim was on the way to recovery. His trainer and confidante said:

“Haeng Jik is recovering very quickly, faster than many doctors expected. It seems that our desires have reached heaven. "

The bleeding in the brain could be stopped and he could be transferred to the general ward. In June 2014, Kim had fully recovered and had beaten the two best players at home. He is preparing for the World Cup in Seoul in the fall.

At the Survival 3C Masters 2019/4 he made it to the finals, but was there last (fourth) behind Semih Saygıner , Cho Jae-ho and Eddy Merckx .

successes

• Junior three-cushion world championship : 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2008
• Three cushion world championship : 2016
• Three Cushion World Cup :
  • Overall winner: 2017
  • Individual tournament: 2017/4, 2017/5, 2019/5 • 2015/1, 2019/4 • 2018/7
• LG U + Cup 3-Cushion Masters : 2018
• AGIPI Billard Masters : Group winner 2011 • Group runner-up 2010
• Survival 3C Masters : 2019/3
• Asian Championship: 2015

Web links

Commons : Kim Haeng-jik  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Spectacular start for Haeng Jik Kim Interview from Kozoom.com on YouTube
• Profile at Kozoom.com
• Daniel Sanchez vs. Kim Haeng-jik; Final of the 2016 World Cup in France on YouTube

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Player profile  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on Kozoom.com. Retrieved October 27, 2012.  
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Haeng Jik Kim best of the world again Interview on Kozoom.com. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
3. ↑ Game results  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on Kozoom.com. Retrieved October 27, 2012.  
4. ↑ World ranking list 20/2017 from October 29, 2017 on UMB.org. Accessed December 10, 2017.
5. ↑ World ranking list 23/2017 from December 9, 2017 on UMB.org. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
6. ↑ Player profile ( Memento of the original from December 9th, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. to Mannheim billiards friends. Retrieved October 27, 2012 
7. ↑ Kim Haeng-Jik Junior World Champion for the 3rd time on Kozoom.com.Retrieved October 27, 2012.
8. ↑ Rules for the Junior World Championships in three cushion (PDF; 163 kB) on OMB.org. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
9. ↑ Horster-Eck withdraws from the Bundesliga (PDF) May 31, 2012. Archived from the original on August 12, 2012. Retrieved on August 12, 2012.
10. ↑ The MYWEBSPORT community will be expanded by two countries in November on Mannheimer Billardfreunde.de. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
11. ↑ Kim Haeng-jik seriously ill on MarkusDömer.de. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
12. ↑ Haeng Jik can move, speak and laugh on Kozoom.com. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
13. ↑ Haeng Jik Kim (24) is back on top level ( memento from July 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved July 20, 2014.

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, Haeng-jik is the first name.