Kim Tae-hun

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Kim Tae-hun (Korean pronunciation: [kim.tʰɛ̝.ɦun]; born August 15, 1994) is a South Korean taekwondo practitioner.

Kim Tae-hun

Personal information
Born	August 15, 1994 (1994-08-15) (age 31) Wonju, Gangwon-do
Height	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight	54 kg (119 lb)
Medal record Representing  South Korea Men's taekwondo Olympic Games 2016 Rio De Janeiro 58 kg World Championships 2013 Puebla Finweight 2015 Chelyabinsk Finweight 2017 Muju Finweight Grand Prix 2013 Manchester 58 kg 2014 Suzhou 58 kg 2014 Querétaro 58 kg 2015 Moscow 58 kg 2015 Manchester 58 kg 2015 Mexico City 58 kg 2016 Baku 58 kg 2017 Moscow 58 kg 2018 Rome 58 kg 2018 Taoyuan 58 kg 2018 Manchester 58 kg 2019 Rome 58 kg 2019 Sofia 58 kg Asian Games 2014 Incheon Finweight 2018 Jakarta-Palembang 58 kg Asian Championships 2014 Tashkent Finweight

Sports career

During the 2013 World Taekwondo Championships Kim won gold in finweight, defeating Chia Lin-hsu.^[2] at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships Kim defended his title, defeating Stanislav Denisov.^[3] He won his third consecutive gold in the same weight category at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships in Muju beating the Iranian Armin Hadipour in the final.^[4]

He won the gold medal in the finweight division (under 54 kg) at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.^[5]

In the 2016 Rio Olympics, he lost to eventual runner-up Tawin Hanprab of Thailand in their high scoring Preliminary Round match but was able to win the bronze medal through the repechage rounds.^[6]