Kim Dae-eun

This article is about the South Korean male gymnast. For the female gymnast, see Kim Da-eun. For the South Korean badminton player, see Kim Dae-eun (badminton).
This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.
Kim Dae-eun
 Gymnast  
Country represented  South Korea
Born September 17, 1984 (1984-09-17) (age 32)
Yeonggwang, South Korea
Height 160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics
Club Gwangju City Hall
College team Korea National Sport University
Head coach(es) Lee Joo-hyung
Choreographer Lee Joo-hyung
Retired yes
Korean name
Hangul 김대은
Hanja 金大恩
Revised Romanization Gim Dae-eun
McCune–Reischauer Kim Tae-ŭn

Kim Dae-eun (born September 17, 1984) is a South Korean gymnast.[1]

Kim attended the Korea National Sport University. He won the silver medal in the men's artistic individual all-around at the 2004 Athens Olympics,[2] and his loss to American Paul Hamm by a 0.012 margin was closest in mens gymnastics Olympic All Around history, though tied by Gutsu's 1992 women's All Around win over Miller of 0.012.[3] At the 2006 Asian Games, Kim tied Yang Wei from China for the gold medal on parallel bars[4] and was part of the South Korean team that won the bronze medal in the team event.[5] Kim tied Mitja Petkovšek from Slovenia for the gold medal on the parallel bars at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.[6]

References

  1. "Dae Eun KIM". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
  2. Clarke, Liz (19 August 2004), "U.S. Gymnast Wins Men's Title", The Washington Post, p. A01, retrieved 24 July 2016
  3. Lieber, Jill (31 August 2004), "Hamm to keep all-around gold; judges suspended; Koreans angry", USA Today, retrieved 24 July 2016
  4. Reuters (7 December 2006), "Chinese gymnasts reach milestones at Asian Games", China Daily, retrieved 25 July 2016
  5. "15th ASIAN GAMES: Eleven Gold medals were won by Chineses", GYMedia International, 6 December 2016, retrieved 25 July 2016
  6. Turner, Amanda (17 October 2012), "Korean Olympians Shine at National Games", International Gymnast Magazine, retrieved 24 July 2016


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