Kim Tae-hun explained

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.

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kim Tae-hun . 2016-08-18 . Rio2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160819024925/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/taehun-kim . 2016-08-19 .
  2. Web site: Korea add two golds at Taekwondo Worlds . 2013-07-19. The Korea Times. 2016-09-06.
  3. Web site: S. Korean Kim Tae-hun defends world taekwondo title . 2015-05-17. Yonhap. 2016-09-06.
  4. News: (2nd LD) S. Korean Kim Tae-hun wins 3rd straight gold at taekwondo worlds. Yonhap News Agency. 2017-06-25. en.
  5. Web site: S. Korea's Kim Tae-hun wins gold in men's -54kg taekwondo . 2014-10-03. Yonhap. 2016-09-06.
  6. Web site: S. Korean Kim Tae-hun wins taekwondo bronze. 2016-08-18. Yonhap. 2016-09-06.