South Korean artistic gymnast
Kim Han-sol (Korean :김한솔 ; born 29 December 1995) is a South Koreanartistic gymnast . He is the2017 World bronze medalist on the vault and a two-timeAsian Games champion on the floor exercise (2018 ,2022 ). He represented South Korea at the2016 and2020 Summer Olympics .
Kim began gymnastics when he was in the second grade.[ 3]
Kim won his first major international medal at the2012 Asian Championships where he won the silver medal on the floor exercise behind Japan'sKenzō Shirai .[ 4] He advanced to the floor exercise final at the2014 World Championships and finished fifth.[ 5]
Kim helped the South Korean team win the bronze medal behind Japan and China at the2015 Asian Championships .[ 6] Individually, he won a bronze medal on the vault.[ 7] Then at the2015 World Championships , he helped South Korea finish seventh in the team final and earn anOlympic quota for a full team.[ 8] He qualified for the floor exercise final, finishing sixth, and the vault final, finishing eighth.[ 9]
Kim was selected to representSouth Korea at the 2016 Summer Olympics alongsideLee Sang-wook ,Park Min-soo ,Shin Dong-hyen , andYoo Won-chul . The team finished 11th in the qualification round, and Kim did not advance into any finals.[ 10] At the2017 Asian Championships , he helped South Korea win the team silver behind China.[ 11] Individually, he won a bronze medal on the floor exercise and a silver medal on the vault.[ 12] [ 13] He then representedSouth Korea at the 2017 Summer Universiade and helped the team finish fourth. He won the silver medal in the floor exercise final behind Russia'sKirill Prokopev .[ 14] Then at the2017 World Championships , he won the bronze medal on the vault behindKenzō Shirai andIgor Radivilov .[ 15]
Kim representedSouth Korea at the 2018 Asian Games and helped the team win the bronze medal,[ 16] and he placed sixth in the all-around competition.[ 17] In the event finals, he won the gold medal on the floor exercise and the silver medal on the vault.[ 18] [ 19] He representedSouth Korea at the 2019 Summer Universiade and won the gold medal on the vault.[ 20] At the2019 World Championships , he helped the South Korean team finish ninth in the qualification round, making them the first reserve for the team final.[ 21] Additionally, this result earned South Korea ateam berth for the 2020 Olympics .[ 22]
Kim was selected to representSouth Korea at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongsideLee Jun-ho ,Ryu Sung-hyun , andYang Hak-seon .[ 23] At the Olympic Games, the team placed 11th during thequalification round . Individually, he was the third reserve for the all-around final.[ 24] He did qualify for the floor exercise final where he finished eighth.[ 25]
At the2022 Asian Championships , Kim won the silver medals on the floor exercise and the vault, both behindCarlos Yulo .[ 26] [ 27] Then at the2022 World Championships , he helped South Korea finish eighth in the team final,[ 28] and he finished eighth in the vault final.[ 29]
Kim representedSouth Korea at the 2022 Asian Games , held in 2023 due to COVID-19, and helped the team finish fourth.[ 30] He successfully defended his Asian Games floor exercise title.[ 31] He was unable to compete at the2024 Summer Olympics due to a knee injury and was replaced byHur Woong .[ 32]
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