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Yoon Cheul is a South Korean former sailor, who specialized in the two-person dinghy (470) class. He copped a bronze medal in the inaugural match-race keelboat at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha and was named one of the country's top sailors in the double-handed dinghy for two editions of the Summer Olympic Games, finishing each distantly within the top 25 range, respectively. A member of Boryeong City Hall's sailing club in Jeollanam-do's coastline, Yoon trained most of his sporting career under the national federation's head coach for the men's 470, three-time Olympian Petri Leskinen from Finland.
Kim Hyeong-tae is a South Korean former sailor, who specialized in the two-person dinghy (470) class. Together with his partner and two-time Olympian Yoon Cheul, he copped a bronze medal in the inaugural match-race keelboat at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha and was named one of the country's top sailors in the double-handed dinghy for the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing distantly within the top 25 range. A member of Boryeong City Hall's sailing club in Jeollanam-do's coastline, Kim trained most of his sporting career under the national federation's head coach for the men's 470, three-time Olympian Petri Leskinen from Finland.
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- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kim Hyeong-il Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
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