Kim Tae-hun | |
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Birth Place: | Wonju, Gangwon-do |
Height: | 182 cm[1] |
Weight: | 54 kg |
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Kim Tae-hun (pronounced as /ko/; born August 15, 1994) is a South Korean taekwondo practitioner.
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]