Headercolor: | lightblue |
Kim Jae-Gang | |
Birth Date: | 16 August 1987 |
Weight: | 980NaN0 |
Sport: | Wrestling |
Event: | Freestyle |
Club: | Yeungnam University Sports Club, Daegu Songchin Sports Club, Seoul[1] |
Coach: | Bak Uo[2] Park Jang-Soon[3] |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Kim Jae-Gang (Korean: 김 재강; born August 16, 1987) is a South Korean heavyweight freestyle wrestler. He won a bronze medal at the 2018 Asian Games[4] and a gold medal at the 2013 Asian Championships. Kim has a degree in physical education from the Yeungnam University. In 2014 he was named the Best Athlete of the Year by the Gyeongsangbuk-do Sports Council in Republic of Korea.[3]
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Kim competed in the 120 kg division. He received a bye for the preliminary round of sixteen match, before losing out to Marid Mutalimov, who was able to score three points in two straight periods, leaving Kim with a single point.[5]