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| Born | January 29, 1994 (1994-01-29) (age 30) Jecheon, North Chungcheong Province |
| Height | 164 cm (5 ft 5 in) |
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| Hangul | 김소희 |
| Revised Romanization | Gim So-hui |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim So-hŭi |
Kim So-hui (Korean: 김소희; Korean pronunciation: [kim.so.ɦi]; born January 29, 1994) is a South Korean taekwondo practitioner. In 2016, she was ranked 10th by the World Taekwondo Federation.
Career
Kim won the gold medal in the women's finweight (under 46 kg) class at the 2011 World Taekwondo Championships in Gyeongju, South Korea, as a high schooler. Two years later she became the finweight world champion for the second time in a row at the 2013 World Taekwondo Championships in Puebla, Mexico, defeating Anastasia Valueva of Russia 8–7 in the final bout. In the 2016 Rio Olympics Kim won her first Olympic Gold Medal in the 49 kg division. Three of her final matches were won convincingly through last second attacks and scoring.
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Award ceremony at the 2016 Olympics
See also
References
- "Kim So-hui". Rio2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
- ^ "Korean Kim So-hui wins taekwondo gold". The Korea Herald. 2016-08-18. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
- "High schooler wins first gold for S. Korea at taekwondo world championships". Yonhap News Agency. May 5, 2011. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
- Jung, Min-ho (July 16, 2013). "Koreans strike gold on 1st day". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
External links
- Kim So-hui at TaekwondoData.com
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