Gim Bo-eun

South Korean handball player

Gim Bo-eun

Personal information

Born

(1997-12-08) 8 December 1997 (age 26)

Nationality

South Korean

Height

1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)

Playing position

Pivot

Club information

Current club

Gyeongnam Development

National team

Years

Team

South Korea

Medal record

Gim Bo-eun (born 8 December 1997) is a South Korean handball player for Gyeong and the South Korean national team. She made her Olympic debut representing South Korea at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Career

She represented South Korea at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics and was part of the South Korean team which defeated Russia 32–31 in the final to claim the gold medal in the girls handball tournament.^[2]

She was part of the national team which finished at thirteenth position at the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship.^[3] She was also a member of the Korean team which won gold medal in the women's team event at the 2018 Asian Games.

She was included in the South Korean squad in the women's handball competition for the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[4]^[5]

^ "Handball: GIM Boeun". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
^ "Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games - Handball - Women - Gold Medal Match" (PDF). archive.ihf.info.
^ 2017 World Championship roster
^ "Handball - Women Schedule". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
^ "류은희·심해인 등 여자대표팀 도쿄올림픽 최종 엔트리 확정". handballkorea.com. Retrieved 2 August 2021.