Nationality South Korea Event(s) Greco-Roman | Weight 66 kg (146 lb) Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Name Kim Min-chul | |
Born 4 April 1983 (age 41) ( 1983-04-04 ) Club Sung Shin Company Sportsclub | ||
Kim Min-Chul (Korean: 김 민철; born April 4, 1983) is an amateur South Korean Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's welterweight category. He defeated Uzbekistan's Ravshan Ruzikulov for a gold medal in the 66 kg division at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar. He also captured a silver medal at the 2005 World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary, losing out to Bulgaria's Nikolay Gergov. Kim is a member of the wrestling team for Sung Shin Company Sportsclub, and is coached and trained by Kim Sung-Moon.
Kim represented South Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's 66 kg class. Unfortunately, he lost the qualifying round match by a superiority decision to Iran's Ali Mohammadi, with a two-set technical score (1–1, 1–1), and a classification point score of 1–3.