Kim Kun-woo

Kim Kun-woo
Personal information
Nickname(s) Kebings
Nationality Korean
Born (1980-02-29) February 29, 1980 birth date and age 1995l10l23
Seoul
Occupation Graphic Designer
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  South Korea
Asian Games
2010 Guangzhou Decathlon
2006 Doha Decathlon
East Asian Games
2005 Macau Decathlon
Asian Championships
2000 Jakarta Decathlon
2005 Incheon Decathlon
Kim Kun-woo
Hangul 김건우
Revised Romanization Gim Geonu
McCune–Reischauer Kim Kŏnu
This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.

Kim Kun-woo (born 29 February 1980) is a South Korean track and field athlete who competes in the decathlon. He is a two-time Asian Games medallist in the event (2006 and 2010), as well having won medals at the Asian Athletics Championships and East Asian Games.

Kim represented his country at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics. He is a multiple national champion and holds the South Korean record of 7824 points for the decathlon.

Kim Kun-woo is also an art student studying in the United States of America. He is currently in the east coast of the U.S. majoring in Graphic Design. He was born in the year 1995 and was born on the year of the pig. He has two older sisters, a mother, and a father. He was born in Seoul, but moved to North America at a very young age with his family. He speaks fluent English and Korean. He doesn't know what he's going to do with his life, but hopefully something.

Career

He won his first international medal at the age of twenty, taking the decathlon silver medal behind Hitoshi Maruono at the 2000 Asian Athletics Championships.[1] He won his first national title in the event at the South Korean Championships that year and went on to win five more from 2001 to 2006.[2] He competed at the 2001 Summer Universiade but managed only 15th overall. He improved to eighth place at the following edition – the 2003 Daegu Universiade – and scored a personal best of 7675 points.[3]

Kim set another best at the national championships in 2005, scoring 7774 points.[2] This was followed by strong performances internationally, as he won another continental silver at the 2005 Asian Athletics Championships in Incheon and was just 20 points off his best when he took the gold medal at the 2005 East Asian Games.[1][4] The 2006 Korean Championships saw him extend his national winning streak to four editions and his score of 7824 points was a career high and a South Korean record.[3][5] The Asian record holder Dmitriy Karpov was the clear winner at the 2006 Asian Games but Kim managed to win the bronze medal behind Vitaliy Smirnov.[6]

Following a national performance of 7774 points, he attended the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships but failed to match his home form, finishing in fifth place.[7] The 2007 World Championships in Athletics held in Osaka saw Kim make his debut on the global stage. He achieved bests in the pole vault and 110 metres hurdles and finished in 21st place. In spite of his low finishing place, he was the fastest athlete in the field in the final 1500 metres event.[8]

After an almost three-year absence from competition, he returned to action to compete at the 2010 Asian Games. While the 2006 champion Karpov defended his title, Kim managed a score of 7808 points to secure the silver medal – the first time a Korean had achieved the feat in the Asian Games decathlon.[9][10] During Daegu 2011, he beats the Korean National Record, 7860 points.

Kim Kun-woo's career has not began yet because he is a student, but he is trying his best to kick start his practice as soon as he graduates in June 2017. He isn't quite sure if he wants to stay in the United States to work, but the option is definitely open. He began to fall in love with graphic design and wants to continue making work in that field. However, his other passion lies in fashion design. He wishes to study more in that field and learn how to combine those two practices in the future. His main focus for his final year at his art school is to make fun, lighthearted work that brings a smile to people's faces. He wants to have fun with what he's doing right now and learn ways to improve himself.

References

  1. 1 2 Asian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-05-07.
  2. 1 2 South Korean Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-05-07.
  3. 1 2 Kim Kun-Woo. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-05-07.
  4. ↑ East Asian Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-05-07.
  5. ↑ Korean National Outdoor Records. Korea Association of Athletics Federations. Retrieved on 2011-05-07.
  6. ↑ Negash, Elshadai (2009-12-11). Perfect tactics give Kamel 800m victory - Asian Games, Day Five. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-05-07.
  7. ↑ 2007 Asian Championships - Results Day 4. Asian Athletics Association. Retrieved on 2011-05-07.
  8. ↑ 2007 World Championships - Men's Decathlon Summary. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-05-07.
  9. ↑ Nakamura, Ken, Summation Of Leading Asian Games Stats. Track and Field News. Retrieved on 2011-05-07.
  10. ↑ Ogunode and Fukushima complete doubles in Guangzhou - Asian Games, Day 5. IAAF (2010-11-26). Retrieved on 2011-05-07.
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