Kim Chae-woon

Kim Chaewoon
Full name김채운
Country represented South Korea
Born (2001-03-10) 10 March 2001 (age 23)
Seoul, South Korea
LevelSenior International Elite
Years on national team South Korea
ClubSejong University
GymNovogorsk
Head coach(es)Evgeniya Gertsikova
Retired2021
World ranking34 (2019 Season)[1]
Medal record
Representing  South Korea
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta Team
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Kuala Lumpur Ball
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Kuala Lumpur Hoop
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Tashkent Ball

Kim Chae-woon (born 10 March 2001) is a South Korean retired individual rhythmic gymnast. She is a multiple time medalist at the Asian Rhythmic Championships and was part of the team that won the bronze medal at the 2018 Asian Games.

Athletic career

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Kim began rhythmic gymnastics during middle school, when she was 10 years old. At first, it was only a hobby for her, but her coach encouraged her to take it up seriously.[2] She trained in Novogorsk, house of the Russian national team, with coach Evgeniya Gertsikova for a 5 years period.[3]

2017-2021

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In her first senior year, she won the Korean National championships in March, and was named as the future Son Yeon-jae of rhythmic gymnastics.[4] At the 2017 Asian Championships, she finished 9th in the all-around final and 5th in the team competition. [5] Her first world cup was the 2017 Kazan World Challenge Cup, where she finished 18th in the all-around.[2] Earlier that year, she competed at the 2017 World Games in Wroclaw but didn't advance to any apparatus final, her highest placement being 16th with the ribbon.[6] Her last competition of the season was the 2017 World Championships in Pesaro, finishing 31st in the qualifications thus not advancing in the all-around finals.[2]

She began her next season at the 2018 Grand Prix Moscow, finishing in the 15th place,[7] qualifying into the ball and hoop final.[8]

In 2019, she participated at the annual Aeon Cup in Tokyo along Lim Se-eun, and the junior gymnast Sohn Ji-in representing Sejong & Bongeun RG : they finished 6th in the qualification round.[9]

In 2021, she won the bronze medal with 23.55 points in the individual ball event at the 2021 Asian Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships.[10] Thereafter on September 28, 2021, she announced on her Instagram account that she had retired with the Asian Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships being the last competition she participated in.[11]

References

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  1. ^ https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/pdf/rankings/RG-World-Ranking-2019-RGI.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ a b c "KIM Chaewoon - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport.
  3. ^ Kwon, Ra-young (21 June 2021). "세종대 김채운, 리듬체조 아시아선수권대회서 동메달". UPI. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  4. ^ Jo, Young-joon (4 March 2017). "'The Second Son Yeon-jae' Kim Chae-woon, 1st place in the national rhythmic gymnastics competition". SPOTV News. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  5. ^ "KIM Chaewoon - FIG Athlete Profile". International Gymnastics Federation. Archived from the original on 8 February 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Rhythmic Gymnastics Individual Hoop Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. 21 July 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Rhythmic Gymnastics News — Grand Prix Moscow 2018 Results".
  8. ^ Yoo, Byung-cheol (9 March 2018). "[리듬체조] '포스트 손연재' 김채운, 국가대표 선발전 출전". Herald Economics. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  9. ^ "Club Qualification". Seiko. October 2019.
  10. ^ "세종대 체육학과 김채운, 제12회 리듬체조 아시아선수권대회 동메달". 투데이코리아 (in Korean). 2021-06-16. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
  11. ^ "With the 2021 Asian Championships as the last competition, I finished 11 years of my career :)". www.instagram.com. Archived from the original on 2022-02-08. Retrieved 2022-02-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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