Kim_Dae-eun

Kim Dae-eun

Kim Dae-eun

South Korean gymnast

For the South Korean badminton player, see Kim Dae-eun (badminton).
In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

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

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Kim attended the Korea National Sport University.[2] He won the silver medal in the men's artistic individual all-around at the 2004 Athens Olympics,[3] and his loss to American Paul Hamm by a 0.012 margin was the closest in men's Olympic all-around history, though tied by Tatiana Gutsu's win over Shannon Miller in 1992.[4] At the 2006 Asian Games, Kim tied with Yang Wei of China for the gold medal on parallel bars[5] and was part of the South Korean team that won the bronze medal in the team event.[6] Kim tied with Mitja Petkovšek from Slovenia for the gold medal on the parallel bars at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    "Dae Eun KIM". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
  2. [2]
    "KIM Dae Eun". fig-gymnastics.com. Archived from the original on 2018-01-04. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  3. [3]
    Clarke, Liz (19 August 2004), "U.S. Gymnast Wins Men's Title", The Washington Post, p. A01, retrieved 24 July 2016
  4. [4]
    Lieber, Jill (31 August 2004), "Hamm to keep all-around gold; judges suspended; Koreans angry", USA Today, retrieved 24 July 2016
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    "Chinese gymnasts reach milestones at Asian Games", China Daily, Reuters, 7 December 2006, retrieved 25 July 2016
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    "15th ASIAN GAMES: Eleven Gold medals were won by Chineses", GYMedia International, 6 December 2016, retrieved 25 July 2016
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    Turner, Amanda (17 October 2012), "Korean Olympians Shine at National Games", International Gymnast Magazine, retrieved 24 July 2016


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