Kim Byong-cheol

For other people named Kim Byung-cheol, see Kim Byung-cheol (disambiguation).
In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.
Kim Byong-cheol
Medal record
Men's taekwondo
Representing  South Korea
Olympic Games (demonstration)
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona featherweight
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1993 New York featherweight[1]
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1990 Santander featherweight[2]
World Games
Gold medal – first place 1989 Karlsruhe featherweight[3]
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1989 Cairo featherweight[4]

Kim Byong-Cheol, also known as Kim Byung Chul,[5] is a South Korean Taekwondo practitioner. He won a gold medal for South Korea at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the Taekwondo featherweight division. Taekwondo was still considered a demonstration sport at that time.

Previous to his win at the Olympics, Kim won four other international taekwondo competitions: the World Championships in 1993 in New York,[1] the World University Games in 1990 in Santander,[2] the World Games in 1989 in Karlsruhe,[3] and the Taekwondo World Cup in 1989 in Cairo.[4]

As of 2009, Kim had achieved the rank of 7th degree black belt, and he was managing World Champion Taekwondo with locations in Portland, Beaverton and Scappoose, Oregon. Kim is the head instructor at the Portland location.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Taekwondo; The Garden Is Filled With Taikwondo". New York Times. 1993-08-20. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
  2. ^ a b "2nd World University Taekwondo Championships (FISU)" (PDF).
  3. ^ a b "Results of the Taekwondo World Games". Archived from the original on 2009-10-24.
  4. ^ a b "Results of the World Cup Taekwondo Championships". Archived from the original on 2009-10-24.
  5. ^ Cho, Hyun Jin (2001-06-21). "Best Athlete to Best Sabum". Mookas.us Inc. Archived from the original on 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
  6. ^ "World Champion Taekwondo". World Champion Taekwondo. 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-29.