Kim Kyong-hun

Kim Kyong-hun
Personal information
Nationality:	South Korea
Birthday:	15th July 1975
Size:	196 cm
Weight:	84 kg

Kim Kyong-hun ( Korean 김경훈 ; born July 15, 1975 in Haenam ) is a former South Korean Taekwondoin and Olympic champion .

Career

Kim Kyong-hun won his first international medal by winning the title at the 1996 Asian Championships in Melbourne in the weight class up to 76 kilograms. 1997 in Hong Kong and 2001 in Jeju he won bronze in the weight class up to 76 and 84 kilograms respectively at the world championships . In 2000 he took part in the Olympic Games in Sydney , where he defeated Pascal Gentil in the semifinals in the weight category over 80 kilograms after two opening wins . In the final fight he defeated Daniel Trenton 6: 2 and became Olympic champion . In 2002 he won the gold medal at the Asian Games in Busan in the weight class up to 84 kilograms.

Web links

• Kim Kyong-hun on the TaekwondoData.com website
• Kim Kyong-hun in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kyong-Hun Kim. In: chinadaily.com. China Daily , July 26, 2007, accessed April 26, 2019 . 

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, Kyong-hun is the first name.