Kim Hyeon-woo
Kim Hyeon-woo medal table |
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Korea | ||
Olympic games | ||
gold | 2012 London | Light |
bronze | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | up to 75 kg |
World Championship | ||
bronze | 2011 Istanbul | Light |
gold | 2013 Budapest | Welter |
bronze | 2018 Budapest | up to 77 kg |
Asian Games | ||
gold | 2014 Incheon | up to 75 kg |
bronze | 2018 Jakarta | up to 77 kg |
Asian Championships | ||
gold | 2010 New Delhi | Light |
gold | 2013 New Delhi | Welter |
gold | 2014 Almaty | up to 75 kg |
gold | 2015 Doha | up to 75 kg |
gold | 2019 Xi'an / China | up to 77 kg |
Junior World Championships | ||
silver | 2006 Guatemala City | Easy Juniors |
bronze | 2007 Beijing | Easy Juniors |
Asian Junior Championships | ||
gold | 2003 Feng Yuan City | up to 50 kg cadets |
gold | 2005 Oaoai / Japan | up to 63 kg cadets |
gold | 2006 Abu Dabi | Easy Juniors |
Kim Hyeon-woo (born November 6, 1988 in Cheolweon, Gangwon-do Province ) is a South Korean wrestler . He was Olympic champion in the Greco-Roman style lightweight in 2012 and welterweight world champion in the same style in 2013 .
Career
Kim Hyeon-woo started judo as a teenager at the age of 9 and switched to wrestling at the age of 12 in 2000. He is a member of the Gangwon High School wrestling club . His trainer is Park Chi-ho. At a height of 1.74 meters, he wrestles in the lightweight, the weight class up to 66 kg body weight. It only starts in the Greco-Roman style.
As a junior he was in 2006 in Guatemala City in the lightweight behind Refik Ayvazoglu from Turkey and before Tamas Lörincz from Hungary and Ruslan Belcharojew from Russia vice world champion .
In the seniors he was only used again in 2010 at international championships. He was Asian champion in New Delhi ahead of Aibek Jensechanow from Kazakhstan . In the same year he started at the World Championships in Moscow for the first time , but only came in 8th place there. He retired there after a loss to Tamas Lörincz after the 4th round. At the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou , he did not get beyond 7th place. The winner there was Saeid Mourad Abdvali from Iran .
He made great progress in 2011. He won a bronze medal at the world championship in Istanbul that year in lightweight . He defeated Seref Tüfenk from Turkey, Plamen Petrow from Bulgaria , Edgaras Venckaitis from Lithuania and Vitali Rəhimov from Azerbaijan . In the semifinals he lost just 1: 2 rounds and 2: 3 points against Saeid Mourad Abdvali and then won the bronze medal with a victory in the consolation round over Frank Stäbler from Germany .
Kim Hyeon-wwo then fought for the greatest success of his career at the Olympic Games in London . He won the gold medal there in the lightweight with victories over Hovhannes Warderesjan, Armenia , Edgaras Venckaitis, Steeve Guénot from France , the 2008 Olympic champion and his old competitor Tamas Lörincz . In April 2013 he was Asian welterweight champion in New Delhi, to which he had switched earlier this year. In the final, he defeated Hadi Alizadeh Pournia from Iran. He also competed in this weight class at the 2013 World Championships in Budapest. There he defeated Richard Rigo, Slovakia, Yang Bin, China, Veli-Kari Suominen, Finland and Emrah Kus , Turkey. In the final, there was a duel between the two Olympic champions from 2012 Kim Hyeon-woo (lightweight) and Roman Vlasov , Russia (welterweight). In this duel between two top athletes, Kim narrowly prevailed and became world champion.
In April 2014 Kim Hyeon-woo won the Asian champion again in the new weight class up to 75 kg in Almaty. He relegated Takehiro Kanakubo from Japan, former world champion Saeid Murad Abdvali and Yang Bin from China to the places. In May 2014, he represented the South Korean colors at the Team World Cup in Tehran, in which the Iranian team won ahead of Russia and Azerbaijan. The South Korean team took 6th place. Kim Hyeon-woo defeated Karapet Tschaljan, Armenia, Hadi Alizadehpournia, Iran, Elwin Mursalijew, Azerbaijan and Furkan Bayrak, Turkey.
In September 2014 Kim Hyeon-woo won the Asian Games in Incheon / South Korea. In the welterweight division he referred Takehiro Kanakubo, Japan, Doschan Kartikow, Kazakhstan and Payam Abdeh Saleh Bouyeri Payani, Iran, to the places. Because of participating in these games, he decided not to participate in the World Cup in 2014.
In May 2015 he was again Asian welterweight champion in Doha ahead of Atabek Asisbekow, Kyrgyzstan, Dilschod Turdijew, Uzbekistan and Payam Abdeh Saleh Bouyeri Payani. In September 2015 he competed at the World Championships in Las Vegas. In the weight class up to 75 kg, he first won over Jonas Bossert from Switzerland and Viktor Nemes from Serbia, but then lost to Doschan Kartikow from Kazakhstan. Since this did not reach the final, Kim Hyeon-woo was eliminated and only finished 10th.
In March 2016, Kim Hyeon-woo won the Olympic qualification tournament in Astana to make up for the right to start at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, which he missed at the 2015 World Cup because of his 10th place. In Rio he met his old rival Roman Vlasov in his first fight, against whom he lost just on points. In the consolation round, he then defeated Yang Bin from China and Bozo Starcevic from Croatia and thus secured a bronze medal.
Kim continued his career after the 2016 Olympics. In August 2017 he took part in the World Championships in Paris in the weight class up to 75 kr. after two wins he lost there against Tamás Lőrincz from Hungary and was eliminated because Lörincz did not reach the final. He finished 7th.
In 2018 Kim Hyeon-woo was more successful again. At the Asian Games in Jakarta in August he won a bronze medal in the new weight class up to 77 kg. He secured the same medal at the World Championships in Budapest in October 2018. After winning fights against Karapet Chaljan, Armenia, Bozo Starcevic, Croatia and Fatih Cengiz, Turkey, he lost again in the semifinals against Tamás Lőrincz . In the consolation round he secured a bronze medal with a victory over Bilan Nalgijew from Uzbekistan.
In April 2019 Kim Hyeon-woo became Asian champion for the fifth time in the weight class up to 77 kg in Xi'an / China. In the final he defeated Gurpreet Singh from India.
International success
year | space | competition | Weight class | Results |
2003 | 1. | Asian Junior Championship (Cadets) in Feng Yuang City / Taiwan | up to 50 kg | before Yassin Amiri, Iran and Sagi Isajew, Kazakhstan |
2005 | 1. | Asian Junior Championship (Cadets) in Oarai / Japan | up to 63 kg | in front of Plireya Heydariasel, Iran and Atai Koichukulow, Kyrgyzstan |
2006 | 1. | Asian Junior Championship (Juniors) in Abu Dhabi | Light | in front of Aibek Jensechanow, Kazakhstan and Afshin Bjabangard, Iran |
2006 | 2. | Junior World Championships in Guatemala City | Light | behind Refik Ayvazoglu , Turkey , ahead of Tamas Lörincz , Hungary and Ruslan Belcharojew , Russia |
2007 | 3. | Junior World Championships (Juniors) in Beijing | Light | behind Ruslan Belcharojew, Russia and Aibek Jensechanow |
2010 | 1. | Asian Championship in New Delhi | Light | ahead of Aibek Jensechanow, Kazakhstan, Sunil Kumar Rana, India and Yang Pengfei, China |
2010 | 8th. | World Cup in Moscow | Light | Winner: Ambako Watschadze , Russia ahead of Armen Wardanyan , Ukraine |
2010 | 7th | Asia Games in Guangzhou | Light | Winner: Saeid Mourad Abdvali , Iran ahead of Darchan Bejachmetow, Kazakhstan |
2011 | 2. | World Cup in Minsk | Light | behind Saeid Mourad Abdvali, in front of Michail Semnonow, Belarus and Alexi Bell Caballero, Cuba |
2011 | 3. | World Cup in Istanbul | Light | after victories over Seref Tüfenk , Turkey, Plamen Petrow, Bulgaria , Edgaras Venckaitis , Lithuania and Vitali Rachimow, Azerbaijan, a defeat against Saeid Mourad Abdvali and a victory over Frank Stäbler , Germany |
2011 | 1. | FILA test tournament in London | Light | before Adam Kurak, Poland , Jarkko Ala-Huikku , Finland and Artak Margarjan, France |
2012 | 3. | World Cup in Saransk | Light | behind Seref Tüfenk and Rafiq Hüseynov , Azerbaijan |
2012 | 1. | "Ion Corneanu" memorial in Târgovişte | Light | before Christinel Razvan Motoi, Romania and Wuileixis Rivas Espinosa, Venezuela |
2012 | 2. | Trophee Milone in Sassari | Light | behind Anton Chomenko, Russia, in front of Arsen Dschulflakjan, Armenia and Anton Marchl, Austria |
2012 | gold | OS in London | Light | after victories over Hovhannes Warderesjan, Armenia, Edgaras Venckaitis, Steeve Guénot , France and Tamas Lörincz |
2013 | 1. | Asian Championship in New Delhi | Welter | in front of Hadi Alizadeh Pournia, Iran, Maksat Jereschepow, Kazakhstan and Tomohiro Inoue, Japan |
2013 | 1. | World Cup in Budapest | Welter | after victories over Richard Rigo, Slovakia, Yang Bin, China, Veli-Kari Suominen, Finland, Emrah Kus, Turkey and Roman Vlasov, Russia |
2014 | 1. | Asian Championship in Almaty | up to 75 kg | before Takehiro Kanakubo, Japan, Saeid Mourad Abdvali and Yang Bin, China |
2014 | 1. | Intern. Tournament in Olympia / Greece | up to 75 kg | before Ewgeni Pentorets, Greece and Juan Angel Escobar, Mexico |
2014 | 1. | Asia Games in Incheon / South Korea | up to 75 kg | before Takehiro Kanakubo, Japan, Doschan Kartikow, Kazakhstan and Payam Abdeh Saleh Bouyeri Payani, Iran |
2015 | 1. | Asian Championship in Doha | up to 75 kg | before Atabek Asisbekow, Kyrgyzstan, Dilschod Turdijew, Uzbekistan and Payam Abdeh Saleh Bouyeri Payani |
2015 | 1. | Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid | up to 75 kg | before Arsen Julfalakjan , Armenia, Seref Tüfenk, Turkey and Nikolai Daragan, Ukraine |
2015 | 1. | "Ion Corneanu" memorial in Bucharest | up to 75 kg | before Florian Neumaier, Germany, Henri Esko Välimäki, Finland and Igor Besleaga, Moldova |
2015 | 10. | World Cup in Las Vegas | up to 75 kg | after victories over Jonas Bossert, Switzerland and Viktor Nemes, Serbia and a defeat against Doschan Kartikow, Kazakhstan |
2015 | 1. | Golden Grand Prix in Baku | up to 75 kg | before Payam Abdeh Saleh Bouyeri Payani, Mark Overgaard Madsen , Denmark and Ramin Taherisartang, Iran |
2016 | 1. | Olympic qualification tournament in Astana | up to 75 kg | in front of Dilschod Turdiew, Uzbekistan, Atabek Asisbekow, Kyrgyzstan and Yang Bin, China |
2016 | 2. | "Wladyslaw-Pytlasinski" memorial in Spala / Poland | up to 75 kg | behind Mark Overgaard Madsen, in front of Yang Bin and Valeri Palensky, Belarus |
2016 | 2. | German Grand Prix in Dortmund | up to 80 kg | behind Selçuk Çebi , Turkey, in front of Fawzy Rashad Mohammed Mahmoud, Egypt and Edurard Sargsjan, Armenia |
2016 | bronze | OS in Rio de Janeiro | up to 75 kg | after a loss to Roman Wlassow and victories over Yang Bin and Bozo Starcevic, Croatia |
2017 | 7th | World Cup in Paris | up to 75 kg | after victories over Angelo Rafael Marquez Moreira, Brazil and Shohei Yabiku, Japan and a defeat against Tamás Lőrincz |
2017 | 7th | "Bolat-Turlykhanov" Memorial in Alma-Ata | up to 75 kg | Winner: Fatih Cengiz, Turkey ahead of Mindia Zulukidze, Georgia |
2017 | 1. | "Dave Schultz" Memorial International in Colorado Springs | up to 77 kg | in front of RaVaughn Perkins, USA |
2018 | 1. | "Giwi Kartosija & Wachtang Balawadze" memorial in Tbilisi | up to 77 kg | before Mohammadali Abdollhamid Geraei, Iran, Rafael Junusow and Ruslan Wardanjan, both Russlend |
2018 | 3. | Asian Games in Jakarta | up to 77 kg | behind Mohammadali Abdolhamid Geraei and Akschol Machmudow, Kyrgyzstan, together with Yang Bin, China |
2018 | 3. | World Cup in Budapest | up to 77 kg | after victories over Karapet Chaljan, Armenia, Bozo Starcevic and Fatih Cengiz, a defeat against Tamás Lőrincz and a victory over Bilan Nalgijew, Uzbekistan |
2018 | 1. | "Bolat-Turlykhanov" Memorial in Alma-Ata | up to 77 kg | before Dimitri Petaikin and Irakli Kalandija, both Russia and Shasulan Maratow, Kazakhstan |
2019 | 3. | Zagreb Grand Prix | up to 77 kg | behind Bozo Starcevic and Yunus Emre Bazaar, Turkey |
2019 | 3. | Hungarian Grand Prix in Györ | up to 77 kg | behind Viktor Nemes, Serbia and Dimitri Pyschkow, Ukraine |
2019 | 1. | Asian Championship in Xi'an / China | up to 77 kg | before Gurpreet Singh, India, Tamerlan Schadukajew, Kazakhstan and Mohammadali Abdolhamid Geraei |
2019 | 1. | Sassari City Matteo Pellicone Memorial | up to 77 kg | before Zoltan Levai, Hungary, Georgios Prevolarakis, Greece and Tamás Lőrincz |
- Explanations
- all competitions in Greco-Roman style
- OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship
- Lightweight, weight class up to 66 kg, welter weight, up to 74 kg body weight (until December 31, 2013); Since January 1, 2014, a new weight class division has been in effect by the international wrestling federation FILA, which has since been changed twice by the successor organization UWW (United World Wrestling), so that the weight classes are named by name, as it has been since wrestling began was common, is no longer possible
- World Wrestling Association FILA 2014 renamed UWW (United World Wrestling)
literature
- Trade journal Der Ringer
Web links
- Profile of Kim Hyeon-woo at the Institute of Applied Exercise Science
- Kim Hyeon-woo in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Film report of Kim's Olympic victory
- Fight of Kim (red) against Tamas Lörincz at the 2010 World Cup
- Report on Kim's Olympic victory
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kim, Hyeon-woo |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kim Hyeon-wu |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South Korean wrestler and Olympic champion |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 6, 1988 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Cheolweon, Prov. Gangwon-do |