Kim Byung-Chan also written as Kim Byeong-Chan (Korean: 김병찬, 27 December 1970 – 25 June 2015) was a South Korean male weightlifter, who competed in the middleweight and middle heavyweight class, representing South Korea at international competitions. He won the bronze medal at the 1991 World Weightlifting Championships in the 90 kg category. He participated at the 1988 Summer Olympics and at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the 90 kg event.[2] He won the gold medal at the 1990 Asian Games in the Middle-Heavyweight class.
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| Born | 27 December 1970 | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 25 June 2015 (aged 44)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  South Korea | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 90 kg | |||||||||||||||||
| Team | National team | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Updated on 7 October 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ Kim Byung-chan's obituary (in Korean)
- ^ "Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics - 2007 World Championships - Kim Byung-Chan" (PDF). iwf.net. pp. 126–146. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
External links
edit- Kim Byung-chan at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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