Kim So-hui (taekwondo, born 1994)
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Born | January 29, 1994 (1994-01-29) (age 30) Jecheon, North Chungcheong Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 164 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Korean name | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hangul | 김소희 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Revised Romanization | Gim So-hui | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
McCune–Reischauer | Kim So-hŭi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kim So-hui (Korean: 김소희; 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]
- Award ceremony at the 2016 Olympics
See also
References
- ^ "Kim So-hui". Rio2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
- ^ a b "Korean Kim So-hui wins taekwondo gold". The Korea Herald. 2016-08-18. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
- ^ "High schooler wins first gold for S. Korea at taekwondo world championships". Yonhap News Agency. May 5, 2011. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
- ^ 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.
External links
- Kim So-hui at TaekwondoData.com
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- 2000: Lauren Burns (AUS)
- 2004: Chen Shih-hsin (TPE)
- 2008: Wu Jingyu (CHN)
- 2012: Wu Jingyu (CHN)
- 2016: Kim So-hui (KOR)
- 2020: Panipak Wongpattanakit (THA)
- 2024: Panipak Wongpattanakit (THA)
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