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| Nationality |  South Korea | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 April 1971 Yeosu, Jeollanam-do, South Korea | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
| Sailing career | ||||||||||||||||||
| Class(es) | Dinghy and keelboat | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Boryeong Si Cheong | |||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Petri Leskinen (FIN) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kim Hyeong-tae (Korean: 김 형태; born 24 April 1971) is a South Korean former sailor, who specialized in the two-person dinghy (470) class.[1] Together with his partner and two-time Olympian Yoon Cheul, he received a bronze medal in the inaugural match-race keelboat at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha and was named one of the country's top sailors in the double-handed dinghy for the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing distantly within the top 25 range.[2][3] A member of Boryeong City Hall's sailing club in Jeollanam-do's coastline, Kim trained most of his sporting career under the national federation's head coach for the men's 470, three-time Olympian Petri Leskinen from Finland.
Kim competed for the South Korean sailing squad, as a 37-year-old crew member in the men's 470 class, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[4][5] He and skipper Yoon topped the selection criteria for the country's 470 slot in a three-way battle with double Asian Games champions Kim Dae-young and Jung Sung-ahn and quota recipients Kim Chang-ju and Kim Ji-hoon, based on their cumulative scores attained in a series of international regattas approved by the Korea Sailing Federation.[6] The Korean pair clearly struggled to catch a vast fleet of world sailors under breezy conditions in the initial half of the series, until they found solace to pull off a blistering top-three mark in race 7, trailing the Belarusians and the Americans. Another set of poor performances towards the final stretch, however, pushed both Kim and Yoon to the near end of the 29-crew fleet, sitting them in twenty-fifth overall with 180 net points.[7]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kim Hyeong-Tae". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ "Singapore Blitz Medals". World Sailing. 15 December 2006. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ "[베이징 2008] 우리에게 관심은 사치 오늘도 나홀로 싸운다" [Beijing 2008: Athletes fought bravely for luxury] (in Korean). Hankook Ilbo. 15 August 2008. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ "Event Guide: Men's Two Person Dinghy – 470". World Sailing. 9 August 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ "2008 베이징올림픽 종목별 요트 Sailing 금메달 11개" [11 yachting gold medals up for grabs at the 2008 Beijing Olympics] (in Korean). The Hankyoreh. 7 August 2008. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ "요트 470급 윤철-김형태 유럽선수권 10위" [470 sailors Yoon Cheul and Kim Hyeong-tae finished tenth at the Europeans] (in Korean). Hankook Ilbo. 15 June 2008. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ "Beijing 2008: Men's 470 Class". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
External links
- Hyeong Tae Kim at World Sailing
- Hyeongtae Kim at Olympics.com
- Hyeongtae Kim at OlympicChannel.com (archived)
- Hyeongtae Kim at Olympic.org (archived)
- Kim Hyeong-Tae at Olympedia
- Kim Hyeongtae at NBC 2008 Olympics website at the Wayback Machine (archived 20 July 2012)
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