Park Hee-jun (karateka)

Park Hee-jun (born March 29, 1994) is a South Korean senior male karateka.

Park Hee-jun
Born (1994-03-29) March 29, 1994 (age 30)
South Korea
ResidenceSouth Korea
StyleKata
Medal record
Men's karate
Representing  South Korea
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Individual kata
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Individual kata
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Tashkent Team kata
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Tashkent Individual kata
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Tashkent Individual kata
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Malacca Individual kata

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

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  1. ^ https://south-korea.timesofnews.com/asian-games-park-hee-jun-wins-s-koreas-1st-karate-kata-medal.html [dead link]
  2. ^ "(Asian Games) Park Hee-jun wins S. Korea's 1st karate kata medal". en.yna.co.kr. 25 August 2018.
  3. ^ "WKF Ranking". sportdata.org.
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