Kim Tae-hun (; born August 15, 1994) is a South Korean

taekwondo ''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast kicking techniques. T ...

practitioner.

Sports career

During the

2013 World Taekwondo Championships The 2013 World Taekwondo Championships was the 21st edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and was held in Puebla, Mexico from July 15 to July 21, 2013. Medal summary Men Women Medal table Team ranking Men Women Part ...

Kim won gold in finweight, defeating Chia Lin-hsu. at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships Kim defended his title, defeating Stanislav Denisov. He won his third consecutive gold in the same weight category at the

2017 World Taekwondo Championships The 2017 World Taekwondo Championships was the 23rd edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and was held in Muju, South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southe ...

in Muju beating the

Iranian Iranian may refer to: * Iran, a sovereign state * Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan ethnic term from Iranian, used for the people of Iran * Iranian lan ...

Armin Hadipour Armin Hadipour Seighalani ( fa, آرمین هادی‌پور صیقلانی; born August 12, 1994) is an Iranian Taekwondo athlete who won a silver medal at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships. He has qualified to represent Iran at the 2020 Su ...

in the final. He won the gold medal in the finweight division (under 54 kg) at the

2014 Asian Games The 2014 Asian Games ( ko, 2014년 아시아 경기대회/2014년 아시안 게임, Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 17th Asian Games ( ko, 제17회 아시아 경기대회/제17회 ...

Incheon Incheon (; ; or Inch'ŏn; literally "kind river"), formerly Jemulpo or Chemulp'o (제물포) until the period after 1910, officially the Incheon Metropolitan City (인천광역시, 仁川廣域市), is a city located in northwestern South Kore ...

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

. In the

2016 Rio Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

, he lost to eventual runner-up

Tawin Hanprab Tawin "Tem" Hanprab ( th, เทวินทร์ หาญปราบ; ; born 1 August 1998 in Nong Suea District, Pathum Thani Province) is a Thai taekwondo practitioner. He won the silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics ) , nation ...

of Thailand in their high scoring Preliminary Round match but was able to win the bronze medal through the repechage rounds.

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* South Korean male taekwondo practitioners 1994 births Living people Asian Games medalists in taekwondo Taekwondo practitioners at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Taekwondo practitioners at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for South Korea Olympic taekwondo practitioners for South Korea Olympic medalists in taekwondo Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Taekwondo practitioners at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games World Taekwondo Championships medalists Asian Taekwondo Championships medalists People from Wonju 21st-century South Korean people {{SouthKorea-taekwondo-bio-stub