Kim Un-yong

South Korean sport administrator

Kim Un-yong or Un Yong Kim (3 March 1931 – 2 October 2017) was a South Korean sports administrator, Vice-President of the International Olympic Committee, and founding member of the WTF executive board.[1][2] Kim Un-yong was elected the president of the Korean Taekwondo Association on 23 January 1971.[3] He was born in Daegu, South Korea.

Kim in 2012

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  1. "IOC official jailed for corruption". BBC. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  2. "S Korea Taekwondo chief held". BBC. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  3. Gillis, Alex (2013). A Killing Art: The Untold History of Tae Kwon Do. Ecw Press. p. 214. ISBN 978-1-55490-674-1.