Park Hee-jun (born March 29, 1994) is a South Korean senior male karateka.
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| Born | March 29, 1994 South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Style | Kata | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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The 24-year-old became the first South Korean to win an Asian Games medal in kata, a non-sparring event in which practitioners demonstrate the Japanese martial art’s patterns and movements.[1] Since karate became an Asiad medal sport, South Korea has won eight bronze medals over the last six Asian Games, all in kumite, a sparring discipline.[2] He placed third in the Karate1 Premier League's 2014 Jakarta tournament.[3]
References
edit- ^ https://south-korea.timesofnews.com/asian-games-park-hee-jun-wins-s-koreas-1st-karate-kata-medal.html [dead link]
- ^ "(Asian Games) Park Hee-jun wins S. Korea's 1st karate kata medal". en.yna.co.kr. 25 August 2018.
- ^ "WKF Ranking". sportdata.org.
External links
edit- Park Hee-jun – World Karate Federation ranking
- Park Hee-jun at Olympics.com
- Park Hee-jun at Olympedia
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