Rugby player
Full name | Choi Seong-deok | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1999-05-31) 31 May 1999 (age 25) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 100 kg (220 lb; 15 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Choi Seong-deok (born 31 May 1999) is a South Korean rugby union player. He plays club rugby for KEPCO in the Korea Super Rugby League, he has represented Korea internationally at both sevens and XVs.
Career
Club
Seong-deok joined KAFAC in 2022 after playing for Kyung Hee University where he won Most Valuable Player in the 2021 South Korea Spring University League. While at KAFAC they came 2nd in the South Korean National Sports Festival. After completing his military service, he joined rival Korea Super Rugby League side KEPCO.
Sevens
He competed in the men's tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Choi represented South Korea at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town, South Africa.
Honors
South Korea
KAFAC
- South Korean National Sports Festival
- Runners up: 2022
Individual
- South Korea Spring University League MVP: 2021
References
- "Choi Seong-deok". Olympedia. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- "Seong Deok CHOI - Player statistics - It's rugby". www.itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- "KEPCO". Asierugby (in French). Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- Hinato (4 January 2022). "KAFAC signe 7 joueurs universitaires dont l'international sud-coréen Choi Seong Deok". Asierugby (in French). Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- Hinato (21 June 2021). "Le groupe sud-coréen pour le Quest For Gold 7s". Asierugby (in French). Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- "KEPCO signs South Korean internationals Choi Seong Deok and Park Woo Bin". www.asierugby.com. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- "Rugby Sevens - Australia vs Republic of Korea - Pool A Results". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- "Korea Men's Sevens Squad Confirmed for Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022". RugbyAsia247. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
External links
South Korea – 2020 Summer Olympics | |
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Backs | |
Coach | Seo Chun-oh |
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