Date of birth | 5 August 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 88 kg (13 st 12 lb; 194 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kim Ki Min (born 5 August 1997) is a South Korean rugby union and sevens player who plays for KEPCO in the Korea Super Rugby League. [1] [2]
Ki Min spent time at KAFAC during his national service, before joining rival Korea Super Rugby League side KEPCO in 2022. [3] He started in both the 2022 and 2023 Korea Super Rugby League finals, winning both. [4] [5]
He started in all of South Korea under-19's Asia Rugby Under 19 Division 1 matches. Including starting and scoring two conversions in the final against the United Arab Emirates. [6]
He is a member of the South Korea Sevens team, recently competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [7] He has also featured for the South Korea rugby union team 5 times. He was recently named in the South Korea squad for the 2023 Asia Rugby Championship. [8] [9]
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