Kim Byong-cheol
South Korean taekwondo practitioner
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Kim Byong-Cheol, also known as Kim Byung Chul,[5] is a South Korean Taekwondo practitioner. He won a gold medal for South Korea at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the Taekwondo featherweight division. Taekwondo was still considered a demonstration sport at that time.
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's taekwondo | ||
Representing  South Korea | ||
| Olympic Games (demonstration) | ||
 | 1992 Barcelona | featherweight |
| World Championships | ||
| 1993 New York | featherweight[1] |
| Universiade | ||
| 1990 Santander | featherweight[2] |
| World Games | ||
| 1989 Karlsruhe | featherweight[3] |
| World Cup | ||
| 1989 Cairo | featherweight[4] |
Previous to his win at the Olympics, Kim won four other international taekwondo competitions: the World Championships in 1993 in New York,[1] the World University Games in 1990 in Santander,[2] the World Games in 1989 in Karlsruhe,[3] and the Taekwondo World Cup in 1989 in Cairo.[4]
As of 2009, Kim had achieved the rank of 7th degree black belt, and he was managing World Champion Taekwondo with locations in Portland, Beaverton and Scappoose, Oregon. Kim is the head instructor at the Portland location.[6]
