Kim Tae hun

Sports career

During the 2013 World Taekwondo Championships Kim won gold in finweight, defeating Chia Lin-hsu. at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships Kim defended his title, defeating Stanislav Denisov. He won his third consecutive gold in the same weight category at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championhips in Muju beating the iranian Armin Hadipour in the final.

He won the gold medal in the finweight division (under 54 kg) at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.

In the 2016 Rio Olympics, he lost to eventual runner-up Tawin Hanprab of Thailand in their high scoring Preliminary Round match but was able to win the bronze medal through the repechage rounds.