Kim Jin-soo (wrestler)
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| Full name | Kim Jin-soo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 May 1974 Seoul, South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Style | Greco-Roman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Korean Housing Company Sports Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Kim Chang-duk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kim Jin-soo (Template:Lang-ko; born May 15, 1974) is a South Korean former amateur Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's middleweight category.[1] Kim wrestled for the South Korean squad in two editions of the Summer Olympics (1996 and 2000) and came closest to the medal haul in 2000 (finishing fifth overall in the men's 76-kg division). Outside the Olympic career, Kim collected a total of five medals in a major international tournament, including a gold at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan. Worked as a full-time employee for Korean Housing Company, Kim trained throughout his wrestling career for the company's sports club, under his personal coach Kim Chang-duk.
Kim made his Olympic debut in Atlanta 1996, competing in the men's welterweight category (74 kg). There, he opened his match by easily throwing Sweden's Torbjörn Kornbakk off the mat with a superb 11–0 verdict, but could not overthrow the defending champion Mnatsakan Iskandaryan of Russia in the next round, dropping him out of the winners' circle by a formidable 0–4 decision. Entering the repechage stage, Kim avenged his defeat from Iskandaryan to tame the U.S. wrestler Gordy Morgan with a close 3–2 verdict, before he lost his subsequent bout to Bulgarian opponent Stoyan Stoyanov (5–0) that left him injured and frail at the very end.[2]
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Kim qualified for his second South Korean team in the men's middleweight division (76 kg).[3] Seven months earlier, he beat Uzbekistan's Evgeny Erofalyov for the top spot at the final match of the second Olympic Qualification Tournament in Tashkent. Kim dominated the three-man prelim pool by subduing Azerbaijan's Khvicha Bichinashvili (3–2) and Turkey's Nazmi Avluca (3–1) to secure a spot for the next round. He fell to his Finnish opponent and eventual bronze medalist Marko Yli-Hannuksela with a score 0–3 in the quarterfinals, but bounced back to forge a powerful 9–0 victory over Sweden's Ara Abrahamian for fifth place in a consolation match, a vast improvement from his previous Olympic feat.[4]
When his nation hosted the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, Kim capped off his sporting career with a golden triumph over Kazakhstan's Danil Khalimov by the delight of a massive home crowd in the men's 74 kg division, having been the last to score in a 3–3 draw.[5]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kim Jin-soo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
- ^ "Atlanta 1996: Wrestling – Men's Greco-Roman 74kg" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 446. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ "시드니올림픽 한국선수단 명단" [List of Korean athletes for the Sydney Olympics] (in Korean). Maeil Broadcasting Network. 4 September 2000. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ "Sydney 2000: Wrestling – Middleweight Greco-Roman (76kg)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 105–106. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ "부산 Asiad, 남북은 하나 아시아도 하나/김진수·강경일 레슬링 金추가" [Busan Asiad: Kim Jin-soo, Kang Kyun-il added more golds in wrestling] (in Korean). Hankook Ilbo. 5 October 2002. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
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- 1974 births
- Living people
- Olympic wrestlers of South Korea
- Wrestlers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- South Korean male sport wrestlers
- Sport wrestlers from Seoul
- Asian Games medalists in wrestling
- Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea
- Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
- World Wrestling Championships medalists
- Wrestlers at the 2002 Asian Games