Career

He also claimed two more gold medals at the 2005 Asian Wrestling Championships in Wuhan, China, and at the 2006 Asian Wrestling Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Kim represented South of Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men"s 84 kg class. Unfortunately, he lost the qualifying round match to Sweden"s Ara Abrahamian, with a three-set technical score (1–3, 1–1, 1–1), and a classification point score of 1–3.

Achievements

• Kim had won three medals (gold, silver, and bronze) for his division at the Asian Games (1998 in Bangkok, 2002 in Busan, and 2006 in Doha).