South Korean taekwondo practitioner Kim Tae-hun is an Olympic medallist, a three-time World Championships title-holder and an Asian Games champion. Competing predominantly in the 58kg category, Kim has been dominant on the world stage for several years, and is one of the top-ranked fighters globally according to World Taekwondo.

Kim first stormed onto the world stage when he won gold in the finweight category at the 2013 World Championships in Puebla. The following year, he would cement his reputation, taking golds at the Asian Games in Incheon and at the Asian Championships in Tashkent. Kim has since returned to claim each of these titles again – at the 2018 Asian Championships in Ho Chi Minh City, at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, and at consecutive World Championships in Chelyabinsk and Muju. Meanwhile, he debuted at the Olympics in 2016, taking bronze in his category in Rio de Janeiro.

On the Grand Prix circuit, Kim has medalled at over half the tournament’s events since its inception, including taking home silver at the very first meeting in Manchester in 2013. These have included gold medals at Suzhou in 2014, Mexico City in 2015, Moscow in 2017, and Taoyuan in 2018. Besides these, he has claimed victories at the Australia, Indonesia, German, Russian and Asian Opens, and took a gold medal at the WT President’s Cup Asia in 2017.