Kim Sang-kyum (born January 30, 1989, in

Cheorwon Cheorwon County (''Cheorwon-gun'' ), also spelled Chorwon, is a county in Gangwon Province, South Korea. It is located right next to the border with North Korea. History *Goguryeo - First named ''Moeuldongbi''. *Silla Dynasty - name changed to ...

) is a South Korean

snowboarder Snowboarding is a recreational and competitive activity that involves descending a snow-covered surface while standing on a snowboard that is almost always attached to a rider's feet. It features in the Winter Olympic Games and Winter Paralympic ...

, specializing in Alpine snowboarding.FIS Profile
/ref> Kim competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for South Korea. He placed 17th in qualifying for the

parallel giant slalom Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant slalom and slalom make up the ...

and 26th

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, 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic PGS 15th, 2022 beijing Olympic 24th. He is a 3 times Olympians As of September 2014, his best showing at the

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is 23rd, in the

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parallel giant slalom. Kim made his

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debut in October 2009. As of September 2014, his best finish is 21st in parallel slalom at

Yongpyong Yongpyong (Dragon Valley) Ski Resort is a ski resort in South Korea, located in Daegwallyeong-myeon, Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do. It is the largest ski and snowboard resort in Korea, and offers golf in the summer months. A 1949 news article covere ...

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. His best overall finish was 46th, in 2010–11.

Education

*2011 Korea National Sport University *2007 Bongpyung High School

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* 1989 births Living people Olympic snowboarders for South Korea Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2022 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Gangwon Province, South Korea South Korean male snowboarders Korea National Sport University alumni Asian Games medalists in snowboarding Snowboarders at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 2017 Asian Winter Games FISU World University Games gold medalists for South Korea Universiade medalists in snowboarding Competitors at the 2011 Winter Universiade 21st-century South Korean people {{SouthKorea-snowboarding-bio-stub