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Nationality | South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 16 August 1987 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 98 kg (216 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Yeungnam University Sports Club, Daegu Songchin Sports Club, Seoul [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Bak Uo
[2] Park Jang-Soon [3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kim Jae-Gang ( Korean: 김 재강; born August 16, 1987) is a South Korean heavyweight freestyle wrestler. He won a bronze medal at the 2018 Asian Games [4] and a gold medal at the 2013 Asian Championships. Kim has a degree in physical education from the Yeungnam University. In 2014 he was named the Best Athlete of the Year by the Gyeongsangbuk-do Sports Council in Republic of Korea. [3]
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Kim competed in the 120 kg division. He received a bye for the preliminary round of sixteen match, before losing out to Marid Mutalimov, who was able to score three points in two straight periods, leaving Kim with a single point. [5]