Name Kim Gyu-dae | ||
Athletics | Men's 800m T54 Final | Rio 2016 Paralympic Games
Kim Gyu Dae (born 17 January 1984) is a Paralympic athlete from South Korea who competes in T54 track and field events.
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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 x 100m and the 4x 400m, 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 special forces, he suffered permanent spinal injuries during parachute training.