Kim Hyo-sub

Korean spelling
Hangeul	김효섭
Revised Romanization	Gim Hyo-seop
McCune- Reischauer	Kim Hyosŏp
See also : Korean name

Kim Hyo-sub (born September 23, 1980 in Henan , People's Republic of China ) is a South Korean wrestler . He was Asian bantamweight champion in free style in 2009 and is a two-time Olympian.

Career

Kim Hyo-sub started wrestling as a teenager in 1992. He belongs to the Samsung Wrestling Club Seoul and is or was trained by Moon Hu-chae and Jang Soon-park. He concentrates on the free style and wrestles at a height of 1.50 meters in flyweight or bantamweight.

He began his international wrestling career with starts at the Junior World Championships in 1998 in Las Vegas and 1999 in Sydney . He finished both times in 7th place in the weight classes up to 49 kg and 50 kg body weight. From 2000 he starts with the seniors. This year he finished 8th in flyweight at the Asian Championships in Guilin / China . In the next few years he took part in many international championships, but could not win any medals at world championships. At the Asian Games or the Asian Championships, however, he was very successful several times.

In 2004 he won his first medal at an international championship at the Asian Cup in Tehran . He took 3rd place behind Adhamjon Achilov from Uzbekistan and Bajaraagiin Naranbaatar from Mongolia . In 2006 he came back to 3rd place at the Asian Games in Doha . Before him, Dilschod Mansurow from Uzbekistan and Jon Hyun Guk from North Korea placed themselves there . In 2009 he became Asian bantamweight champion in Pattaya and defeated the North Korean Yang Kyong-il on points in the final battle , who a few weeks later became world champion in Herning / Denmark . Finally, he also reached 3rd place at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou and thus won a bronze medal behind Dilschod Mansurow and Yang Kyong-il .

The best place that Kim Hyo-sub achieved at world championships was 5th place at the 2006 world championships in Guangzhou , where he won the battle for a bronze medal against Namig Abdullajew from Azerbaijan with 1: 2 rounds and 2: 3 points lost. He also took 5th place at the 2010 World Cup in Moscow . After a defeat in the third fight against Viktor Lebedev from Russia , he defeated the ex-world champion Radoslaw Velikow from Bulgaria with 2: 1 rounds and 10: 3 points, but lost 1: 2 in the fight for a bronze medal against Frank Chamizo Marquez from Cuba Rounds and 4: 8 points.

In 2004 Kim Hyo-sub defeated Bajaraagiin Naranbaatar at the Olympic Games in Athens , but lost to Babak Noursad from Iran and Chikara Tanabe from Japan and came in 6th place. He then competed in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing . He first won over Francisco Javier Sanchez Parra from Spain , but then lost against Namig Sewdimow from Azerbaijan on points (1: 2 rounds, 2: 4 points). Since Sewdimow did not reach the final, Kim Hyo-sub could not continue to fight in the consolation round, but was eliminated and took 9th place.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Result
1998	7th	Junior World Championships in Las Vegas	up to 49 kg body weight	Winner: Ali Reza Darvishi, Iran ahead of Timothy Hill, USA
1999	7th	Junior World Championships (Espoirs) in Sydney	up to 50 kg body weight	Winner: Timothy Hill ahead of Dilschod Mansurow , Uzbekistan
2000	8th.	Asian Championship in Guilin / China	To fly	Winner: Jin Ju Dong , North Korea ahead of Mohammad Aslani, Iran and Adhamjon Achilov , Uzbekistan
2000	4th	Universities World Cup in Tokyo	To fly	behind Teagu Moore, USA, Ramazan Demir , Turkey u. Saudin Bayev, Russia
2001	5.	East Asia Games in Osaka	To fly	Winner: Maulen Mamirow , Kazakhstan ahead of Li Zhengyu , China a. Chikara Tanabe , Japan
2001	22nd	World Cup in Sofia	To fly	after defeats to Dilschod Mansurow, Amiran Kartanow , Greece and Ion Blidari, Romania
2002	5.	Universities World Cup in Edmonton	Bantam	behind Tomohiro Matsunaga , Japan, Babak Noursad , Iran, Ghenadie Tulbea , Moldova u. Ramazan Demir
2003	1.	Military World Cup in Istanbul	Bantam	before Ramazan Demir u. Asherhan Navrusov, Azerbaijan
2004	2.	Olympic qualification tournament in Sofia	Bantam	behind Yogeshwar Dutt, India , in front of Aljaksandr Kantojeu , Russia a. Radoslav Velikov , Bulgaria
2004	3.	Asian Championship in Tehran	Bantam	behind Adhamjon Achilov u. Bajaraagiin Naranbaatar , Mongolia
2004	6th	OS in Athens	Bantam	after a loss to Babak Noursad, a victory over Bajaraagiin Naranbaatar and the like. Defeats to Chikara Tanabe u. Li Zhengyu
2006	5.	World Cup in Guangzhou	Bantam	after victories over Ilias Osumbekow, Kyrgyzstan a. Shassulan Muchtarbekulow, Kazakhstan, a defeat against Besik Kuduchow , Russia, a victory over Vinod Kumar, India and the like. a loss to Namig Abdullaev , Azerbaijan
2006	3.	Asia Games in Doha	Bantam	behind Dilschod Mansurow u. Jon Hyun Guk, North Korea
2007	1.	Dave Schultz Memorial in Colorado Springs	Bantam	before Asset Serikbayew, Kazakhstan a. Kazuhide Tomita, Japan
2007	22nd	World Cup in Baku	Bantam	after losing to Shassulan Mukhtarbekulov
2008	2.	Olympic qualification tournament in Martigny / Switzerland	Bantam	behind Radoslaw Velikow, in front of Namig Sewdimow , Azerbaijan
2008	9.	OS in Beijing	Bantam	after defeating Francisco Javier Sanchez Parra, Spain a . a loss to Namig Sewdimow
2009	1.	Asian Championship in Pattaya	Bantam	before Yang Kyong-il , North Korea a. Nurlan Oruzbek Uulu, Kazakhstan
2009	3.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	Bantam	behind Namig Sewdimow u. Yasuhiro Inaba, Japan
2009	9.	World Cup in Herning / Denmark	Bantam	after victories over Balraj Singh, India a. Nguyen Huy Ha, Vietnam a . Defeats against Sezer Akgül , Turkey a. Named Sewdimow
2010	2.	Dave Schultz Memorial in Colorado Springs	Bantam	behind Shinichi Yumoto , Japan, in front of Danny Felix , USA
2010	5.	World Cup in Moscow	Bantam	after victories over Lokman Kaplanbaba, France a . Sarunas Jurcys, Lithuania , a defeat against Viktor Lebedew , Russia, a victory over Radoslaw Welikow u. a loss to Frank Chamizo Marquez , Cuba
2010	3.	Asia Games in Guangzhou	Bantam	behind Dilschod Mansurow u. Yang Kyong il, together with Yasuhiro Tanabe

Explanations

• all free style competitions
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championships
• Flyweight up to 52 kg body weight until 2001, then abolished, bantam weight up to 55 kg body weight since 2002

swell

• Trade journal Der Ringer
• Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig
• US Wrestling Association website

Web links

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

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, Hyo-sub is the first name.