Kim Dong-hyun (bobsledder)

Kim Dong-hyun

Personal information
Nationality	South Korean
Born	(1987-11-12) 12 November 1987 Seoul, South Korea
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	103 kg (227 lb)
Sport
Country	South Korea
Sport	Bobsleigh
Medal record Olympic Games 2018 Pyeongchang Four-man

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Kim Dong-hyun
Hangul	김동현
Revised Romanization	Gim Donghyeon
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Tonghyŏn

Kim Dong-hyun (Korean: 김동현; born 12 November 1987) is a South Korean bobsledder who has competed since 2008. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he finished 19th in the four-man event.

Career

Kim finished 30th in the two-man event at the FIBT World Championships 2009 in Lake Placid, New York. His best World Cup finish was 26th in the two-man event at Whistler, British Columbia in 2009.

At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, the South Korean four-man team of Seo Young-woo, Won Yun-jong, Jun Jung-lin, and Kim Dong-hyun won a surprising silver medal in the four-man event, tying with a German team led by Nico Walther. With the silver medal, South Korea became the first Asian nation to claim an Olympic medal in a bobsleigh event.

External links

• Kim Dong-hyun at the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kim Dong-hyun". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.