Kim Tae-hun

This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.
Kim Tae-hun
Personal information
Born August 15, 1994 (1994-08-15) (age 22)
Wonju, Gangwon-do
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight 59 kg (130 lb)[1]
Medal record
Representing  South Korea
Men's taekwondo
Olympic Games
2016 Rio De Janeiro 58 kg
World Championships
2013 Puebla Finweight
2015 Chelyabinsk Finweight
Asian Games
2014 Incheon Finweight
Asian Championships
2014 Tashkent Finweight

Kim Tae-hun (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 the gold medal in the finweight division (under 54 kg) at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.[4]

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.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Kim Tae-hun". Rio2016. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  2. ↑ "Korea add two golds at Taekwondo Worlds". The Korea Times. 2013-07-19. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
  3. ↑ "S. Korean Kim Tae-hun defends world taekwondo title". Yonhap. 2015-05-17. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
  4. ↑ "S. Korea's Kim Tae-hun wins gold in men's -54㎏ taekwondo". Yonhap. 2014-10-03. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
  5. ↑ "S. Korean Kim Tae-hun wins taekwondo bronze". Yonhap. 2016-08-18. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
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