Byong-Cheol Kim's Olympic Gold Medal - Portland, OR
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N 45° 33.535 W 122° 51.910
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Kim won the final taekwondo match in the featherweight division for South Korea at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympic Games.
Waymark Code: WM9GMC
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 08/19/2010
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Byong-Cheol Kim won the final taekwondo match in the featherweight division for South Korea at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympic Games. He subsequently emmigrated to the United STates and opened a taekwondo school in Portland, Oregon. His Olympic Gold Medal is on display in his school.
Previous to his win at the Olympics, Kim won four other international taekwondo competitions: He won the World Championships in 1993 in New York. He won at the World University Games in 1990 in Santander. He won a the World Games in 1989 in Karlsruhe. And, he won at the Taekwondo World Cup in 1989 in Cairo.
All five medals are on display in his school along with his black belt certification, a newspaper clipping and a couple other certificates.
Sport: taekwondo
Year: 1992
Contest: Summer Olympics - Barcelona
Adress of the Building: Not listed
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