Park Hee-jun (karateka) explained

Park Hee-jun
Residence:South Korea
Birth Date:29 March 1994
Birth Place:South Korea
Martial Art:Kata

Park Hee-jun (born March 29, 1994) is a South Korean senior male karateka.

The 24-year-old became the first South Korean to win an Asian Games medal in kata, a non-sparring event in which practitioners demonstrate the Japanese martial art’s patterns and movements.[1] Since karate became an Asiad medal sport, South Korea has won eight bronze medals over the last six Asian Games, all in kumite, a sparring discipline.[2] He placed third in the Karate1 Premier League's 2014 Jakarta tournament.[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://south-korea.timesofnews.com/asian-games-park-hee-jun-wins-s-koreas-1st-karate-kata-medal.html
  2. Web site: (Asian Games) Park Hee-jun wins S. Korea's 1st karate kata medal . en.yna.co.kr . 25 August 2018.
  3. Web site: WKF Ranking . sportdata.org.