Kim Hyeon-woo

Kim Hyeon-woo

Kim Hyeon-woo medal table
Wrestler
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

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, Heon-woo is the first name.