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Kim Gyu Dae

Personal information
Nationality	South Korean
Born	(1984-01-17) 17 January 1984 (age 40) Tongyeong, South Korea
Height	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Country	South Korea
Sport	Paralympic athletics
Disability class	T54
Event(s)	sprints, middle-distance races
Coached by	Adam Bleakney (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign)
Medal record Representing  South Korea Paralympic Games 2008 Beijing 4 × 100 m relay – T53/54 2012 London 1500 m – T54 2016 Rio 800 m – T54 2016 Rio Marathon – T54 IPC Athletics World Championships 2013 Lyon 800m – T54 2013 Lyon 4 × 400 m relay – T53/54

Kim Gyu Dae (born 17 January 1984) is a Paralympic athlete from South Korea who competes in T54 track and field events.

Athletics career

Kim, who is classified as a T54 classification wheelchair racer, first represented South Korea at the Summer Paralympics at the 2008 Games in Beijing, competing as part of the South Korea relay team in the 4 × 100 m and the 4 × 400 m, and in the individual 200 metres and 400 metres. He won a single medal, bronze in the 100 metre relay. Four years later, at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London he won a second bronze medal, this time an individual success in the 1500 m (T54).

As well as Paralympic success, Kim won three medals at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships, in Lyon, the most notable of which was his gold in the 800 metres (T54).

Personal history

Kim was born in Tongyeong, South Korea in 1984. In 2004 whilst training for the South Korean UDT/SEAL, he suffered permanent spinal injuries during parachute training.

References

1. "2013 IPC Athletics World Championships, Lyon: Results Book" (PDF). Paralympic.org. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
2. ^ "Kim Gyu Dae". IPC. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2016.

• Paralympic athletes for South Korea
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
• 1984 births
• Living people
• People from Tongyeong
• People with paraplegia
• Paralympic bronze medalists for South Korea
• Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
• Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
• South Korean male middle-distance runners
• South Korean male sprinters
• South Korean wheelchair racers
• Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
• Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
• 21st-century South Korean sportsmen