| Kim Dae-eun | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | September 17, 1984 (age 41) Yeonggwang, South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gymnastics career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Korea National Sport University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Gwangju City Hall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Lee Joo-hyung | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Lee Joo-hyung | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Korean name | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hangul | 김대은 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanja | 金大恩 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| RR | Gim Daeeun | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MR | Kim Taeŭn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kim Dae-eun (born September 17, 1984) is a South Korean gymnast. [1]
Kim attended the Korea National Sport University. [2] He won the silver medal in the men's artistic individual all-around at the 2004 Athens Olympics, [3] and his loss to American Paul Hamm by a 0.012 margin was the closest in men's Olympic all-around history, though tied by Tatiana Gutsu's win over Shannon Miller in 1992. [4] At the 2006 Asian Games, Kim tied with Yang Wei of China for the gold medal on parallel bars [5] and was part of the South Korean team that won the bronze medal in the team event. [6] Kim tied with Mitja Petkovšek from Slovenia for the gold medal on the parallel bars at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. [7]
