Kim Je-kyoung

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Kim Je-kyoung
Medal record
Men's taekwondo
Representing Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
World Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1993 New York Heavyweight
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1995 Manila Heavyweight
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1997 Hong Kong Heavyweight
Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1994 Hiroshima Heavyweight
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1998 Bangkok Heavyweight
Asian Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1992 Kuala Lumpur Heavyweight [1]

Kim Je-kyoung (also romanized as Kim Je-gyoung) is a retired taekwondo athlete born on 10 November 1970. He was the 1992 Summer Olympic gold medalist in taekwondo. At the 1992 Summer Olympics, taekwondo was a demonstration sport. Kim won the final match in the heavyweight division for South Korea. Kim also took the gold medal at the 11th, 12th and 13th Taekwondo World Championships 1993, 1995 and 1997 in New York, Manila and Hong Kong, respectively. [2]

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Youth

His father died from an accident when he was a high school student. [3] He received his BA at Dong-a University in Busan, South Korea in 1991. [1]

Career

He was a Korean National Team Member for ten years, from 1991–2000, [1] during which time he won the World Championship three times and swept all other international championships such as the Asia Championship, Asian Games, and World Cup. [4] He was dubbed the prince of taekwondo in the 1990s due to his accuracy, careful game management, and his fast, powerful spinning kick. [4] He was well known for taking care of himself, his training and his teammates. [4]

In 2000, Kim qualified for the South Korean Taekwondo Olympic team during the first assessment tournament, [5] but an injury sustained at the 1998 Asian Games became horribly aggravated and forced him to withdraw from the second assessment tournament. [4]

Retirement

Kim retired from competitive taekwondo in October 2000. [6] Seven month after his retirement, on June 3, 2001, Kim appeared in a special tournament: Olympic medalists v. world champions; although, Kim is both an Olympic medalist and a world champion, he competed on the 5-man team representing world champions. [7] Kim was victorious in the final match of the tournament, but his team did not prevail against the Olympic medalists. [7]

After his retirement, Kim immigrated to the United States and opened school in a Portland, Oregon called Olympic Taekwondo. [8] As of 2009, Kim works with his former Olympic teammate Kim Byong-Cheol at the World Champion Taekwondo School, with locations in Portland, Beaverton, Lake Oswego and Scappoose.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Master Je Gyoung Kim". Taekwondo Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
  2. ↑ "World Taekwondo Championships Results". Taekwondo Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
  3. ↑ Hong, Joo Yun; Joong Ang Il Bo (2001-01-15). "Kim Kyung Hoon gave his mates money for encouragement". Mookas.us Inc. Archived from the original on 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
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  5. ↑ Kim, SeungMo (2000-01-01). "Kim Je-kyoung makes for Sydney". Mookas.us Inc. Archived from the original on 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
  6. ↑ Kim, Joon-Sung (2001-01-03). "TaekwonNet Webzine's Y2K, Excitement and Controversy". Mookas.us Inc. Archived from the original on 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
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