Kim So-hui (taekwondo, born 1994)

Not to be confused with Kim So-hee (taekwondo, born 1992).

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

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]

Kim So-hui

Personal information
Born	January 29, 1994 (1994-01-29) (age 31) Jecheon, North Chungcheong Province
Height	164 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Medal record Women's taekwondo Representing  South Korea Olympic Games 2016 Rio De Janeiro 49 kg World Championships 2011 Gyeongju Finweight 2013 Puebla Finweight Asian Games 2014 Incheon Finweight Asian Championships 2012 Ho Chi Minh City Finweight
Korean name
Hangul	김소희
Revised Romanization	Gim So-hui
McCune–Reischauer	Kim So-hŭi

Career

Kim at the 2016 Summer Olympics award ceremony

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

• List of Olympic medalists in taekwondo