Kim Joon-tae () is a South Korean

taekwondo Taekwondo (; ; ) is a Korean martial art and combat sport involving primarily kicking techniques and punching. "Taekwondo" can be translated as ''tae'' ("strike with foot"), ''kwon'' ("strike with hand"), and ''do'' ("the art or way"). In ad ...

practitioner. In 2009, he finished in 1st place in the Korean trials for the World Championships and became a member of the South Korean national taekwondo team for the first time in his career. At the

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, Denmark, Kim won the gold medal in the lightweight division (-74 kg). In the semifinal match, he beat 2005 world champion

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7–5, landing three-point head kicks twice in Round 2.

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Living people South Korean male taekwondo practitioners Year of birth missing (living people) World Taekwondo Championships medalists 21st-century South Korean people {{SouthKorea-taekwondo-bio-stub