Kim Min-chul

Kim Min-Chul
Personal information
Nationality  South Korea
Born (1983-04-04) 4 April 1983
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
Sport Wrestling
Event(s) Greco-Roman
Club Sung Shin Company Sportsclub
Coached by Kim Sung-Moon
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Competitor for  South Korea
Asian Games
2006 Doha 66 kg
World Championships
2005 Budapest 66 kg
Asian Championships
2008 Jeju City 66 kg
2011 Tashkent 66 kg
This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.

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.[1] He defeated Uzbekistan's Ravshan Ruzikulov for a gold medal in the 66 kg division at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar.[2] He also captured a silver medal at the 2005 World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary, losing out to Bulgaria's Nikolay Gergov.[3] 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.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Kim Min-Chul". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Korea Overtakes Japan in Doha Medals Count". The Chosun Ilbo. 12 December 2006. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "Worlds preview: Greco-Roman 66kg/145.5 lbs.". Universal Sports. 18 September 2008. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "Men's Greco-Roman 66kg (145.5 lbs) Qualification Official Official". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 18 January 2013.

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