Jimmy Kim
Jimmy Young Kim (April 11, 1967 – June 23, 2023) was an American taekwondo practitioner and instructor who won a gold medal in the heavyweight division at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.
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Full name | Jimmy Young Kim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Jim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Korean | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Cerritos, California, U.S. | April 11, 1967||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | June 23, 2023 56) | (aged||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education | Martial Arts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Cerritos High School, Cal State Long Beach, UC Berkeley, LA College of Chiropractic (SCUHS) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 210 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Lauren Kim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kim earned a bachelor's degree in biology with an emphasis on Human Physiology from the University of California Berkeley.
After graduating from UC Berkeley, he earned a Doctor of Chiropractic Degree from the Los Angeles College of Chiropractic, now known as the Southern California University of Health Sciences.
Kim died on June 23, 2023, at the age of 56.
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