Kim Il (wrestler)

Kim Il -ong ( born July 25, 1971) is a former North Korean wrestler. He was 1992 and 1996 Olympic champion in free style in the light flyweight.

Career

By Kim Il -ong, whose name is often incomplete given as " Kim Il ", not much is known. The 1.58 meter tall athlete who wrestled always in the light flyweight, appeared in 1991 for the first time at the International wrestling mat, and this year was Junior World Champion in front of Park Young -man, South Korea and Namig Abdullayev, Soviet Union. In the same year he also took part in the World Championships in Varna and finished there behind Wugar Orudschow from the Soviet Union to the 2nd place. The defeat in the final of this championship against Wugar Orudschow was the only one he ever suffered at an international championship.

In 1992 he was in Teheran Asian champions before Tserenbataar Chosbayar from Mongolia. At the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, ​​he was dominating his weight class and was clear with wins over Wugar Orudschow, CIS, Aldo Martinez Hecheverria, Cuba, Marin Nedkow, Bulgaria, Reiner Pitchfork, Germany and Kim Jong -shin, South Korea, Olympic champion.

In 1993, Kim Il -ong still at the Asian Championship in Ulan Bator and won there as well, again before Tserenbataar Chosbayar.

After this championship, he could at several international competitions (World Cup in Toronto in 1993, World Cup 1994 in Istanbul, the Asian Games in 1994 in Hiroshima and 1995 World Championships in Atlanta ) do not participate because his country boycotted participation in these championships for political reasons.

He only appeared again at the Asia Cup 1996 in Xiaoshan / China on the mat and won there again in front of Luvsan Sergelenbaatar from Mongolia. He also appeared again at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, where she won with victories over Fariborz Besarati, Sweden, Viktor Efteni, Ukraine, Jung Soon- won, South Korea and the poor Mkrtchyan of Armenia 's second gold medal.

International success

Notes

  • All competitions in free style
  • OS = The Olympic Games, WM = World Cup
  • Light flyweight weight class up to 48 kg body weight

Swell

  • Journal The Ringer
  • Website " Foeldeak Wrestling Database "
1991 World Wrestling Championships Tehran Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics Xiaoshan District Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics Armen Mkrtchyan
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