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

Kim Dae-eun
Country represented South Korea
BornSeptember 17, 1984 (1984-09-17) (age 40)
Yeonggwang, South Korea
Height160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
ClubGwangju City Hall
College teamKorea National Sport University
Head coach(es)Lee Joo-hyung
ChoreographerLee Joo-hyung
Retiredyes
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens All-around
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Stuttgart Parallel bars
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Doha Parallel bars
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Doha Team
Korean name
Hangul
김대은
Hanja
金大恩
Revised RomanizationGim Dae-eun
McCune–ReischauerKim Tae-ŭn

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

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