Kim Ho-kon ( ko, 김호곤, also known as Kim Ho-gon, born 30 January 1971) is a South Korean former sailor, who specialized in the

Laser A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation. The word "laser" is an acronym for "light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation". The fir ...

class. Regarded as one of South Korea's most successful sailors in history, Kim has appeared in three editions of the Olympic Games (1996, 2000, and 2004) and has produced a tally of three medals (two golds and one bronze) in the Laser class at the

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. Kim made his Olympic debut in

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, finishing twenty-third overall in the inaugural

class with a satisfying net grade of 170. At the

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, Kim was not able to improve his previous Olympic feat with mediocre marks recorded throughout the eleven-race series, sitting him in the twenty-sixth position with 181 net points. When South Korea hosted the

2002 Asian Games The 2002 Asian Games ( ko, 2002년 아시아 경기대회/2002년 아시안 게임, Icheoni-nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheoni-nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the XIV Asian Games ( ko, 제14회 아시아 경기대회/제14회 아시안 � ...

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, Kim sailed powerfully in front of the home crowd to defend his gold medal from Bangkok four years earlier in the

class with a marvelous grade of 8. Eight years after competing in his maiden Games, Kim qualified for his third South Korean team, as a 33-year-old, in the

class at the

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. Building up to his Olympic selection, he placed thirty-ninth at the class-associated Worlds three months earlier in

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. Sitting almost at the rear end of the forty-two-man field with few marks lower than the top thirty recorded, Kim accumulated a net score of 255 points to finish the eleven-leg series in thirty-second overall.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, Ho-kon 1971 births Living people South Korean male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for South Korea Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Laser Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Laser Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Laser Asian Games medalists in sailing Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Sailors at the 1998 Asian Games Sailors at the 2002 Asian Games Sailors at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Sportspeople from Daegu