Jimmy Kim

Jimmy Kim
Personal information
Full name	Jimmy Young Kim
Nickname	Jim
Nationality	Korean
Born	1967 (age 57); Cerritos, California, U.S.
Education	Martial Arts
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight	210 lb (95 kg)
Spouse	Lauren Kim
Sport
Country	USA
Sport	Taekwondo
Medal record
Men's taekwondo
Representing the United States
Olympic Games (demonstration)
World Taekwondo Championships

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.

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[1] 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.

[2] "Love brings 'Motown' to taekwondo". Times Daily. Florence, Ala. Associated Press. 1988-09-21. p. 5D. Retrieved 2015-01-04.

[3] Sanchez, MarieSam (2012-08-16). "Cerritos Grown Gold Medalist Reflects on the Olympic Moment That Almost Wasn't". Patch.com. Retrieved 2015-01-04.

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