Kim Min-chul

Kim Min-Chul
Personal information
Nationality  South Korea
Born (1983-04-04) 4 April 1983
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
Sport Wrestling
Event(s) Greco-Roman
Club Sung Shin Company Sportsclub
Coached by Kim Sung-Moon
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  South Korea
Asian Games
2006 Doha 66 kg
World Championships
2005 Budapest 66 kg
Asian Championships
2008 Jeju City 66 kg
2011 Tashkent 66 kg
This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.

Kim Min-Chul (Korean: 김 민철; born April 4, 1983) is an amateur South Korean Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's welterweight category.[1] He defeated Uzbekistan's Ravshan Ruzikulov for a gold medal in the 66 kg division at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar.[2] He also captured a silver medal at the 2005 World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary, losing out to Bulgaria's Nikolay Gergov.[3] Kim is a member of the wrestling team for Sung Shin Company Sportsclub, and is coached and trained by Kim Sung-Moon.

Kim represented South Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's 66 kg class. Unfortunately, he lost the qualifying round match by a superiority decision to Iran's Ali Mohammadi, with a two-set technical score (1–1, 1–1), and a classification point score of 1–3.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Kim Min-Chul". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Korea Overtakes Japan in Doha Medals Count". The Chosun Ilbo. 12 December 2006. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "Worlds preview: Greco-Roman 66kg/145.5 lbs.". Universal Sports. 18 September 2008. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "Men's Greco-Roman 66kg (145.5 lbs) Qualification Official Official". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 18 January 2013.


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