Kim Young-nam (Korean: 김영남; Hanja: 金永南; born June 15, 1960, in Hampyeong, Jeollanam-do) is a retired South Korean Greco-Roman wrestler and Olympic champion.
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's Greco-Roman wrestling | ||
Representing  South Korea
| ||
Olympic Games
 | ||
 |
1988 Seoul | 74 kg |
| Asian Games | ||
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1986 Seoul | 74 kg |
| Kim Young-nam | |
| Hangul | 김영남 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 金永南 |
| Revised Romanization | Gim Yeong-nam |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Yŏng-nam |
Career
editKim was a volleyball player before opting for wrestling, in high school. In the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, Kim finished 4th in the welterweight class of Greco-Roman wrestling, losing to 1980 Olympic gold medalist Ștefan Rusu of Romania in the bronze medal match.
Kim received a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.[1]
He retired from wrestling after the 1988 Olympics, and participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics as an assistant coach of the South Korean national wrestling team. He has resided in Kazakhstan since 1997, running his own construction company.
References
edit- ^ "1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Wrestling" Archived 2008-05-31 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 7, 2008)
External links
edit- Kim Young-nam at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Kim Young-nam at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- Kim Young-nam at the International Wrestling Database
- Kim Young-nam at Olympedia
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