Jimmy Kim
Appearance
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Full name | Jimmy Young Kim | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Jim | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Korean | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 1967 Cerritos, California, U.S. | (age 57)||||||||||||||||||||
Education | Martial Arts | ||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 210 lb (95 kg)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Lauren Kim | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | USA | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jimmy Young Kim (born 1967) is an American taekwondo practitioner and instructor who won a gold medal in the heavyweight division at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.[2][3]
He earned a PhD as a Doctor of Chiropractic Medicine at UC Berkeley.[citation needed]
Students
- Charlotte Craig, Olympian, Beijing 2008
References
- ^ Boxall, Bettin (1988-08-12). "On an Olympic Kick: Taekwondo Expert Hopes for the Gold in Martial Art". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2015-01-04.
- ^ "Love brings 'Motown' to taekwondo". Times Daily. Florence, Ala. Associated Press. 1988-09-21. p. 5D. Retrieved 2015-01-04.
- ^ Sanchez, MarieSam (2012-08-16). "Cerritos Grown Gold Medalist Reflects on the Olympic Moment That Almost Wasn't". Patch.com. Retrieved 2015-01-04.
External links
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- 1967 births
- Living people
- American taekwondo practitioners
- Olympic taekwondo practitioners of the United States
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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- American Olympic medalist stubs
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- Olympic gold medalists for the United States