Kim Chae-woon

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.

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.
Kim Chaewoon
Full name김채운
Country represented South Korea
Born (2001-03-10) 10 March 2001
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 place2018 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

Athletic career

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

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
  1. https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/pdf/rankings/RG-World-Ranking-2019-RGI.pdf
  2. "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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