Kim Gwong-min

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Kim Gwong-min
Date of birth (1988-04-02) 2 April 1988 (age 37)
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2008 South Korea U-20 (0)
South Korea (0)
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
South Korea 7s
Correct as of 01 August 2021

Kim Gwong-min (born 2 April 1988) is a South Korean rugby player. [1] He competed for South Korea at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

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Rugby career

Kim represented South Korea's national under-20 rugby union team at the 2008 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy in Chile. [2] In 2011, he was named MVP of the Shanghai Sevens, he scored the winning try and completed a hat-trick in the tournament final of the Asia Rugby Sevens Series. [3]

He competed for South Korea in the men's sevens tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. [4] [5]

He captained the South Korean fifteens side at the 2022 Asia Rugby Championship. [6] [7] Later in September, he represented the sevens side at the World Cup in Cape Town, South Africa. [8] [9]

References

  1. "Kim Gwong-min". Olympedia. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  2. "Korea target first win over Jamaica". www.world.rugby. 22 April 2008. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  3. "Korea fight back to win Shanghai Sevens". www.world.rugby. 28 August 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  4. "Rugby Sevens - Australia vs Republic of Korea - Pool A Results". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  5. "Tokyo Olympics: Men's Sevens Preview". Americas Rugby News. 25 July 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  6. "Korea through to next stage of Rugby World Cup 2023 qualification". Women's and Men's Rugby World Cup. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  7. "Korea v Malaysia 55 – 10 in the ARMC 2022 semi-final". Asia Rugby. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  8. "Korea Men's Sevens Squad Confirmed for Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022". RugbyAsia247. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  9. Collins, Amanga (8 September 2022). "Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 Men's squads". scrummage.co.ke. Retrieved 2 April 2025.