Kim Byoung-jun (Korean: 김병준; born 15 August 1991) is a South Korean athlete specialising in the high hurdles.[1] He represented his country at the 2017 World Championships without advancing from the first round. Additionally, he won a silver medal at the 2014 Asian Games and a bronze at the 2015 Asian Championships.
 Kim Byoung-jun in 2017 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 August 1991 North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea |
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
| Weight | 80 cm |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | 110 metres hurdles |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 김병준 |
| Revised Romanization | Gim Byeongjun |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Pyŏngjun |
His personal bests are 13.39 seconds in the 110 metres hurdles (+0.3 m/s, Bangkok 2017) and 7.86 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (Flagstaff 2014).[2] The first one is the current national record.
International competitions edit
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  South Korea
| |||||
| 2013 | Asian Championships | Pune, India | – | 110 m hurdles | DNF |
| East Asian Games | Tianjin, China | 2nd | 110 m hurdles | 13.61 | |
| 2014 | Asian Games | Incheon, South Korea | 2nd | 110 m hurdles | 13.43 |
| 2015 | Asian Championships | Wuhan, China | 3rd | 110 m hurdles | 13.75 |
| Universiade | Gwangju, South Korea | 5th (h) | 110 m hurdles | 13.791 | |
| 2017 | Asian Championships | Bhubaneswar, India | 12th (h) | 110 m hurdles | 14.07 |
| World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 36th (h) | 110 m hurdles | 13.81 | |
| 2018 | Asian Games | Jakarta, Indonesia | 5th | 110 m hurdles | 13.57 |
1Did not start in the final
References edit
- ^ Kim Byoung-jun at World Athletics
- ^ "All-Athletics profile". Archived from the original on 2017-08-08. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
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