Kim So-hui (taekwondo)

This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.
Kim So-hui
Personal information
Born January 29, 1994 (1994-01-29) (age 22)
Jecheon, Chungcheongbuk-do
Height 164 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Medal record
Women’s taekwondo
Representing  South Korea
Olympic Games
2016 Rio De Janeiro 49 kg
World Championships
2011 Gyeongju Finweight
2013 Puebla Finweight
Asian Games
2014 Incheon Finweight
Asian Championships
2012 Ho Chi Minh City Finweight

Kim So-Hui (Hangul: 김소희) (born January 29, 1994) is a South Korean taekwondo practitioner. In 2016 she is ranked 10th by the World Taekwondo Federation.[2]

Career

Kim won the gold medal in the women's finweight (under 46 kg) class at the 2011 World Taekwondo Championships in Gyeongju, South Korea, as a high schooler. [3] Two years later she became the finweight world champion for the second time in a row at the 2013 World Taekwondo Championships in Puebla, Mexico, defeating Anastasia Valueva of Russia 8-7 in the final bout. [4] In the 2016 Rio Olympics 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.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Kim So-hui". Rio2016. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  2. 1 2 "Korean Kim So-hui wins taekwondo gold". The Korea Herald. 2016-08-18. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  3. ↑ "High schooler wins first gold for S. Korea at taekwondo world championships". Yonhap News Agency. May 5, 2011. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
  4. ↑ Jung, Min-ho (July 16, 2013). "Koreans strike gold on 1st day". The Korea Times. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
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