Kim Tae-hun
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Born | August 15, 1994 (1994-08-15) (age 29) Wonju, Gangwon-do | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kim Tae-hun (Korean pronunciation: [kim.tʰɛ̝.ɦun]; born August 15, 1994) is a South Korean taekwondo practitioner.
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
- ^ "Kim Tae-hun". Rio2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
- ^ "Korea add two golds at Taekwondo Worlds". The Korea Times. 2013-07-19. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
- ^ "S. Korean Kim Tae-hun defends world taekwondo title". Yonhap. 2015-05-17. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
- ^ "(2nd LD) S. Korean Kim Tae-hun wins 3rd straight gold at taekwondo worlds". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
- ^ "S. Korea's Kim Tae-hun wins gold in men's -54kg taekwondo". Yonhap. 2014-10-03. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
- ^ "S. Korean Kim Tae-hun wins taekwondo bronze". Yonhap. 2016-08-18. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
External links
- Kim Tae-hun at TaekwondoData.com
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- 1975: Hwang Soo-yong (KOR)
- 1977: Song Ki-yul (KOR)
- 1979: Lee Seung-kyung (KOR)
- 1982: José Cedeño (ECU)
- 1983: Wang Kwang-yeon (KOR)
- 1985: Lee Sun-jang (KOR)
- 1987: Lim Sung-wook (KOR)
- 1989: Kwon Tae-ho (KOR)
- 1991: Gergely Salim (DEN)
- 1993: Jin Seung-tae (KOR)
- 1995: Jin Seung-tae (KOR)
- 1997: Juan Antonio Ramos (ESP)
- 1999: Min Byeong-seok (KOR)
- 2001: Choi Yeon-ho (KOR)
- 2003: Choi Yeon-ho (KOR)
- 2005: Kim Jin-hee (KOR)
- 2007: Choi Yeon-ho (KOR)
- 2009: Choi Yeon-ho (KOR)
- 2011: Chutchawal Khawlaor (THA)
- 2013: Kim Tae-hun (KOR)
- 2015: Kim Tae-hun (KOR)
- 2017: Kim Tae-hun (KOR)
- 2019: Bae Jun-seo (KOR)
- 2022: Omar Salim (HUN)
- 2023: Park Tae-joon (KOR)
- 1975–1983: −48 kg
- 1985–1997: −50 kg
- 1999–present: −54 kg
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