Kristina Kim (born September 4, 1989 in
Kyzylorda
Kyzylorda ( kk, Қызылорда, translit=Qyzylorda, ), formerly known as Kzyl-Orda (russian: Кзыл-Орда), Ak-Mechet (Ак-Мечеть), Perovsk (Перовск), and Fort-Perovsky (Форт-Перовский), is a city in south-cen ...
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Kazakh SSR
; kk, Қазақ Советтік Социалистік Республикасы)
*1991: Republic of Kazakhstan (russian: Республика Казахстан; kk, Қазақстан Республикасы)
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Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
) is a Russian
taekwondo
''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean martial arts, Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast k ...
practitioner.
At the
2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the
Women's 49 kg competition, but was defeated in the first round.
References
Russian female taekwondo practitioners
1989 births
Living people
Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Russia
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Koryo-saram sportspeople
Summer World University Games medalists in taekwondo
FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Russia
European Games competitors for Russia
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2015 European Games
European Taekwondo Championships medalists
Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade
21st-century Russian women
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