Kim So-hui (taekwondo, born 1994)

Kim So-hui
Personal information
BornJanuary 29, 1994 (1994-01-29) (age 30)
Jecheon, North Chungcheong Province
Height164 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing  South Korea
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio De Janeiro 49 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Gyeongju Finweight
Gold medal – first place 2013 Puebla Finweight
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon Finweight
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Ho Chi Minh City Finweight
Korean name
Hangul
김소희
Revised RomanizationGim So-hui
McCune–ReischauerKim So-hŭi

Kim So-hui (Korean김소희; Korean pronunciation: [kim.so.ɦi]; born January 29, 1994) is a South Korean taekwondo practitioner. In 2016, she was ranked 10th by the World Taekwondo Federation.[2]

Career

Kim won the gold medal in the women's finweight (under 46 kg) class at the 2011 World Taekwondo Championships in Gyeongju, South Korea, as a high schooler.[3] Two years later she became the finweight world champion for the second time in a row at the 2013 World Taekwondo Championships in Puebla, Mexico, defeating Anastasia Valueva of Russia 8–7 in the final bout.[4] In the 2016 Rio Olympics Kim won her first Olympic Gold Medal in the 49 kg division. Three of her final matches were won convincingly through last second attacks and scoring.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Kim So-hui". Rio2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  2. ^ a b "Korean Kim So-hui wins taekwondo gold". The Korea Herald. 2016-08-18. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  3. ^ "High schooler wins first gold for S. Korea at taekwondo world championships". Yonhap News Agency. May 5, 2011. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
  4. ^ Jung, Min-ho (July 16, 2013). "Koreans strike gold on 1st day". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved September 25, 2013.