| Kim Gyu Dae | |
| Nationality: | South Korean |
| Residence: | Savoy, Illinois |
| Birth Place: | Tongyeong, South Korea |
| Height: | 182 cm |
| Weight: | 70 kg |
| Country: | South Korea |
| Sport: | Paralympic athletics |
| Event: | sprints, middle-distance races |
| Coach: | Adam Bleakney (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign) |
| Disability Class: | T54 |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
| Hangul: | 김규대 |
| Rr: | Kim Gyudae |
| Mr: | Kim Gyudae |
Kim Gyu Dae (born 17 January 1984) is a Paralympic athlete from South Korea who competes in T54 track and field events.[1]
Kim, who is classified as a T54 classification wheelchair racer, first represented South Korea at the Summer Paralympics at the 2008 Games in Beijing, competing as part of the South Korea relay team in the 4 × 100 m and the 4 × 400 m, and in the individual 200 metres and 400 metres. He won a single medal, bronze in the 100 metre relay.[2] Four years later, at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London he won a second bronze medal, this time an individual success in the 1500 m (T54).[2]
As well as Paralympic success, Kim won three medals at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships, in Lyon, the most notable of which was his gold in the 800 metres (T54).[2]
Kim was born in Tongyeong, South Korea in 1984. In 2004 whilst training for the South Korean UDT/SEAL, he suffered permanent spinal injuries during parachute training.[2]