Kim Tae-hun

Kim Tae-hun (Korean pronunciation: [kim.tʰɛ̝.ɦun]; born August 15, 1994) is a South Korean taekwondo practitioner.

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.
Kim Tae-hun
Personal information
BornAugust 15, 1994 (1994-08-15) (age 26)
Wonju, Gangwon-do
Height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight54 kg (119 lb)
Medal record
Representing  South Korea
Men's taekwondo
Olympic Games
2016 Rio De Janeiro58 kg
World Championships
2013 Puebla Finweight
2015 Chelyabinsk Finweight
2017 Muju Finweight
Grand Prix
2013 Manchester58 kg
2014 Suzhou58 kg
2014 Querétaro58 kg
2015 Moscow58 kg
2015 Manchester58 kg
2015 Mexico City58 kg
2016 Baku58 kg
2017 Moscow58 kg
2018 Rome 58 kg
2018 Taoyuan 58 kg
2018 Manchester 58 kg
2019 Rome 58 kg
2019 Sofia 58 kg
Asian Games
2014 Incheon Finweight
2018 Jakarta-Palembang 58 kg
Asian Championships
2014 Tashkent Finweight

Sports career

During the 2013 World Taekwondo Championships Kim won gold in finweight, defeating Chia Lin-hsu.[2] at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships Kim defended his title, defeating Stanislav Denisov.[3] He won his third consecutive gold in the same weight category at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships in Muju beating the Iranian Armin Hadipour in the final.[4]

He won the gold medal in the finweight division (under 54 kg) at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.[5]

In the 2016 Rio Olympics, he lost to eventual runner-up Tawin Hanprab of Thailand in their high scoring Preliminary Round match but was able to win the bronze medal through the repechage rounds.[6]

References
  1. "Kim Tae-hun". Rio2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  2. "Korea add two golds at Taekwondo Worlds". The Korea Times. 2013-07-19. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
  3. "S. Korean Kim Tae-hun defends world taekwondo title". Yonhap. 2015-05-17. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
  4. "(2nd LD) S. Korean Kim Tae-hun wins 3rd straight gold at taekwondo worlds". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
  5. "S. Korea's Kim Tae-hun wins gold in men's -54㎏ taekwondo". Yonhap. 2014-10-03. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
  6. "S. Korean Kim Tae-hun wins taekwondo bronze". Yonhap. 2016-08-18. Retrieved 2016-09-06.


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