Kim Han-sol (gymnast)

Kim Han-sol
Born (1995-12-29) 29 December 1995
Seoul, South Korea
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented		 South Korea
(2012–2024)
ClubKorean National Sport University
Head coach(es)Yoon Chang-soon[2]
Medal record
Representing  South Korea
Artistic Gymnastics
World Championships
2017 Montreal Vault
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta Floor exercise
2022 Hangzhou Floor exercise
2018 Jakarta Vault
2018 Jakarta Team
Asian Championships
2017 Bangkok Team
2017 Bangkok Vault
2022 Doha Floor exercise
2022 Doha Vault
2012 Putian Vault
2015 Hiroshima Team
2015 Hiroshima Vault
2017 Bangkok Floor exercise
Summer Universiade
2019 Naples Vault
2017 Taipei Floor exercise

Kim Han-sol (Korean: 김한솔; born 29 December 1995) is a South Korean artistic gymnast. He is the 2017 World bronze medalist on the vault and a two-time Asian Games champion on the floor exercise (2018, 2022). He represented South Korea at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.

Gymnastics career

Kim began gymnastics when he was in the second grade.[3]

2012–2014

Kim won his first major international medal at the 2012 Asian Championships where he won the silver medal on the floor exercise behind Japan's Kenzō Shirai.[4] He advanced to the floor exercise final at the 2014 World Championships and finished fifth.[5]

2015–2017

Kim helped the South Korean team win the bronze medal behind Japan and China at the 2015 Asian Championships.[6] Individually, he won a bronze medal on the vault.[7] Then at the 2015 World Championships, he helped South Korea finish seventh in the team final and earn an Olympic quota for a full team.[8] He qualified for the floor exercise final, finishing sixth, and the vault final, finishing eighth.[9]

Kim was selected to represent South Korea at the 2016 Summer Olympics alongside Lee Sang-wook, Park Min-soo, Shin Dong-hyen, and Yoo Won-chul. The team finished 11th in the qualification round, and Kim did not advance into any finals.[10] At the 2017 Asian Championships, he helped South Korea win the team silver behind China.[11] Individually, he won a bronze medal on the floor exercise and a silver medal on the vault.[12][13] He then represented South Korea at the 2017 Summer Universiade and helped the team finish fourth. He won the silver medal in the floor exercise final behind Russia's Kirill Prokopev.[14] Then at the 2017 World Championships, he won the bronze medal on the vault behind Kenzō Shirai and Igor Radivilov.[15]

2018–2021

Kim represented South Korea at the 2018 Asian Games and helped the team win the bronze medal,[16] and he placed sixth in the all-around competition.[17] In the event finals, he won the gold medal on the floor exercise and the silver medal on the vault.[18][19] He represented South Korea at the 2019 Summer Universiade and won the gold medal on the vault.[20] At the 2019 World Championships, he helped the South Korean team finish ninth in the qualification round, making them the first reserve for the team final.[21] Additionally, this result earned South Korea a team berth for the 2020 Olympics.[22]

Kim was selected to represent South Korea at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Lee Jun-ho, Ryu Sung-hyun, and Yang Hak-seon.[23] At the Olympic Games, the team placed 11th during the qualification round. Individually, he was the third reserve for the all-around final.[24] He did qualify for the floor exercise final where he finished eighth.[25]

2022–2024

At the 2022 Asian Championships, Kim won the silver medals on the floor exercise and the vault, both behind Carlos Yulo.[26][27] Then at the 2022 World Championships, he helped South Korea finish eighth in the team final,[28] and he finished eighth in the vault final.[29]

Kim represented South Korea at the 2022 Asian Games, held in 2023 due to COVID-19, and helped the team finish fourth.[30] He successfully defended his Asian Games floor exercise title.[31] He was unable to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics due to a knee injury and was replaced by Hur Woong.[32]

References

  1. ^ "Kim Han-sol". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  2. ^ "[Road to Rio] 윤창선 체조 감독 "양학선 출전, 평가전 후 판단"" [Road to Rio: Yoon Chang-seon is now the artistic gymnastics director] (in Korean). Seoul Broadcasting System. 6 July 2016. Archived from the original on 27 January 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Kim Hansol - FIG Athlete Profile". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  4. ^ "5th Artistic Gymnastics Asian Championships Results Floor Exercise" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. Asian Gymnastics Union. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  5. ^ "45th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning (CHN) Men's Apparatus Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 11 October 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  6. ^ "6th Senior Artistic Gymnastics Asian Championships Men's Final Team All-Around Result" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. Asian Gymnastics Union. 1 August 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  7. ^ "6th Senior Artistic Gymnastics Asian Championships Men's Finals Apparatus Result" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. Asian Gymnastics Union. 2 August 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  8. ^ "46th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, Glasgow (GBR) Men's Team Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 28 October 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  9. ^ "46th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, Glasgow (GBR) Men's Apparatus Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 31 October 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Artistic Gymnastics Men Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. Rio 2016. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  11. ^ "China sustains domination in Day 2 of 7th Asian Seniors ART Championships". Asian Gymnastics Union. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  12. ^ "China continues to conquer 7th Asian Seniors Artistic Gymnastics Championships, bags 5 more golds". Asian Gymnastics Union. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  13. ^ "China wrests back overall title in 7th Asian Seniors Gymnastics Championships". Asian Gymnastics Union. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  14. ^ Pavitt, Michael (23 August 2017). "Ten gymnasts claim gold medals as artistic competition concludes at Taipei 2017". Inside The Games. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  15. ^ "Five new champions as Montreal Worlds draw to a close 09/10/2017 Before the curtain came down on the Montreal Worlds". International Gymnastics Federation. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  16. ^ "Artistic Gymnastics Men's Team". Jakarta 2018. Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  17. ^ "Artistic Gymnastics Men's Individual All-Around". Jakarta 2018. Archived from the original on 10 September 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  18. ^ "Artistic Gymnastics Men's Floor Exercise". Jakarta 2018. Archived from the original on 27 August 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  19. ^ "S. Korean gymnast Kim Han-sol captures silver in men's vault". Yonhap News Agency. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  20. ^ "30th Summer Universiade 2019 Artistic Gymnastics Apparatus Final Seniors Men" (PDF). 30th Summer Universiade 2019 Main Results. 7 July 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  21. ^ "49th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Stuttgart (GER), 4 October - 13 October 2019 Men's Team Quaification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  22. ^ "List of the Artistic Gymnastics Tokyo 2020 Olympic Qualifiers" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  23. ^ Park, Geun-hyung (14 June 2021). "2021년도 남자 기계체조 올림픽대표 최종선발전 종료‥류성현 1위!" [The final selection for the 2021 men's gymnastics Olympic team is over... Ryu Seong-hyun, 1st place!]. EduYonhap (in Korean). Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  24. ^ "Artistic Gymnastics: Men's Qualification – Results" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  25. ^ "Tokyo Olympics: Gymnastics - Men's Floor Exercise results". BBC Sport. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  26. ^ Bregman, Scott (June 17, 2022). "Carlos Yulo takes floor gold at Asian Gymnastics Championships". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on June 18, 2022. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  27. ^ Morales, Luisa (June 18, 2022). "Yulo rakes in 3 golds in Asian Championships". The Philippine Star. Archived from the original on June 18, 2022. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  28. ^ "51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Liverpool (GBR), 29 October - 6 November 2022 Men's Team Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 2 November 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  29. ^ "51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Liverpool (GBR), 29 October - 6 November 2022 Men's Vault Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 6 November 2022. p. 4. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  30. ^ "China easily wins both men's and women's team titles at Asian Games". International Gymnast Magazine. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  31. ^ "Gymnast Kim Han-sol wins gold in men's floor exercise". The Korea Herald. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  32. ^ Yoo, Jee-ho (16 June 2024). "Artistic gymnast Kim Hansol ruled out of Paris Olympics with knee injury". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
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