Kim Young-nam
South Korean Greco-Roman wrestler
| Medal record | ||
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| Men's Greco-Roman wrestling | ||
Representing  South Korea | ||
Olympic Games  | ||
 | 1988 Seoul | Welterweight |
| Asian Games | ||
| 1986 Seoul | Welterweight |
| Kim Young-nam | |
| Hangul | 김영남 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 金永南 |
| Revised Romanization | Gim Yeong-nam |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Yŏng-nam |
Kim Young-nam (Korean: 김영남; Hanja: 金永南; born June 15, 1960, in Hampyeong, Jeollanam-do) is a retired South Korean Greco-Roman wrestler and Olympic champion.
Career
Kim was a volleyball player before converting to wrestling in high school. In the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, Kim finished 4th in the welterweight class of Greco-Roman wrestling, losing to 1980 Olympic gold medalist Ștefan Rusu of Romania in the bronze medal match.
Kim received a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.[1]
Kim retired from wrestling after the 1988 Olympics, and participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics as an assistant coach of the South Korean national wrestling team. He has resided in Kazakhstan since 1997, running his own construction company.
References
- ^ "1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Wrestling" Archived 2008-05-31 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 7, 2008)
External links
- Kim Young-nam at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Kim Young-nam at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- Kim Young-nam at the International Wrestling Database
- Kim Young-nam at Olympedia
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Ivar Johansson (SWE) - 1936 Rudolf Svedberg (SWE)
- 1948 Gösta Andersson (SWE)
- 1952
Miklós Szilvási (HUN) - 1956
Mithat Bayrak (TUR) - 1960 Mithat Bayrak (TUR)
- 1964
Anatoly Kolesov (URS) - 1968
Rudolf Vesper (GDR) - 1972
Vítězslav Mácha (TCH) - 1976 Anatoly Bykov (URS)
- 1980
Ferenc Kocsis (HUN) - 1984
Jouko Salomäki (FIN) - 1988
Kim Young-nam (KOR) - 1992
Mnatsakan Iskandaryan (EUN) - 1996
Filiberto Azcuy (CUB) - 2000
Murat Kardanov (RUS) - 2004
Aleksandr Dokturishvili (UZB) - 2008
Manuchar Kvirkvelia (GEO) - 2012 Roman Vlasov (RUS)
- 2016 Roman Vlasov (RUS)
- 2020 Tamás Lőrincz (HUN)
- 1932–1936: 72 kg
- 1948–1960: 73 kg
- 1964–1968: 78 kg
- 1972–1996: 74 kg
- 2000: 76 kg
- 2004–2012: 74 kg
- 2016: 75 kg
- 2020–present: 77 kg
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