Kim So-hui (; ; born January 29, 1994) is a South Korean

taekwondo Taekwondo (; ; ) is a Korean martial art and combat sport involving primarily kicking techniques and punching. "Taekwondo" can be translated as ''tae'' ("strike with foot"), ''kwon'' ("strike with hand"), and ''do'' ("the art or way"). In ad ...

practitioner. In 2016, she was ranked 10th by the

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Career

Kim won the gold medal in the women's finweight (under 46 kg) class at the

2011 World Taekwondo Championships The 2011 World Taekwondo Championships was the 20th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at Gyeongju Indoor Stadium in Gyeongju, South Korea from May 1 to May 6, 2011. Medal table Medal summary Men Women Team ranking ...

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, as a high schooler. Two years later she became the finweight world champion for the second time in a row at the

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

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, defeating

Anastasia Valueva Anastasia Valueva (; born 29 November 1993) is a Russian taekwondo practitioner. Valueva won the silver medal in the women's finweight (−46 kg) class at the 2013 World Taekwondo Championships, losing to Kim So-hui of South Korea ...

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8–7 in the final bout. In the

2016 Rio Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

Kim won her first Olympic Gold Medal in the 49 kg division. Three of her final matches were won convincingly through last second attacks and scoring.

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* 1994 births Living people South Korean female taekwondo practitioners Olympic taekwondo practitioners for South Korea 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 gold medalists for South Korea Olympic medalists in taekwondo Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games World Taekwondo Championships medalists Asian Taekwondo Championships medalists People from Jecheon Sportspeople from North Chungcheong Province 21st-century South Korean sportswomen {{SouthKorea-taekwondo-bio-stub

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