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(Redirected from Kim Joon-Tae) South korean taekwondo practitioner For other people with the same name, see Kim Jun-tae (disambiguation). In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.
Kim Joon-tae
Medal record
Men's taekwondo
Representing  South Korea
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Copenhagen Lightweight

Kim Joon-tae (Korean: 김준태) is a South Korean taekwondo practitioner.

In 2009, he finished in 1st place in the Korean trials for the World Championships and became a member of the South Korean national taekwondo team for the first time in his career. At the 2009 World Taekwondo Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark, Kim won the gold medal in the lightweight division (-74 kg). In the semifinal match, he beat 2005 world champion Mark López 7–5, landing three-point head kicks twice in Round 2.

References

  1. "World Championship medalists". Archived from the original on 2012-09-11.
  2. "2009 World Championships". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
World Champions in Taekwondo – Men's Lightweight
  • 1973: −64 kg
  • 1975–1977: −68 kg
  • 1979–1983: −64 kg
  • 1985–1997: −70 kg
  • 1999–2007: −72 kg
  • 2009–present: −74 kg


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