Kim Deok-hyeon

Kim Deok-hyeon

Personal information
Born	(1985-12-08) December 8, 1985
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Country	South Korea
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Triple jump, Long jump
Medal record Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou Long jump 2006 Doha Triple jump Asian Championships 2015 Wuhan Triple jump 2007 Amman Triple jump 2005 Incheon Triple jump Universiade 2007 Bangkok Triple jump 2009 Belgrade Long jump
Updated on 15 August 2012.

Kim Deok-hyeon (born 8 December 1985 in Kwangju) is a South Korean triple jumper and long jumper.

He won bronze medals at the 2005 Asian Championships and the 2006 Asian Games, the gold medal at the 2007 Summer Universiade, the silver medal at the 2007 Asian Championships and finished ninth at the 2007 World Championships. He also competed at the 2006 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  South Korea
2004	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	21st (q)	Long jump	7.12 m (-1.2 m/s)
			16th (q)	Triple jump	15.40 m (-0.4 m/s)
2005	Asian Championships	Incheon, South Korea	3rd	Triple jump	16.78 m
	East Asian Games	Macau	1st	Triple jump	16.79 m
2006	World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	21st (q)	Triple jump	15.99 m
	Asian Games	Doha, Qatar	3rd	Triple jump	16.87 m
2007	Universiade	Bangkok, Thailand	1st	Triple jump	17.02 m
	Asian Championships	Amman, Jordan	2nd	Triple jump	17.00 m
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	9th	Triple jump	16.71 m
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	18th (q)	Triple jump	16.88 m
2009	Universiade	Belgrade, Serbia	1st	Long jump	8.41 m (w)
			5th	Triple jump	16.75 m
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	15th (q)	Long jump	7.99 m
			24th (q)	Triple jump	16.58 m
	Asian Championships	Guangzhou, China	4th	Long jump	7.93 m
2010	Asian Games	Guangzhou, China	1st	Long jump	8.11 m
			5th	Triple jump	16.56 m
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	11th (q)	Long jump	8.02 m
			–	Triple jump	NM
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	22nd (q)	Triple jump	16.22 m
2014	Asian Games	Incheon, South Korea	2nd	Long jump	7.90 m
			3rd	Triple jump	16.93 m
2015	Asian Championships	Wuhan, China	1st	Triple jump	16.86 m
	World Championships	Beijing, China	14th (q)	Triple jump	16.72 m
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	14th (q)	Long jump	7.82 m
			27th (q)	Triple jump	16.36 m

Personal best

• Triple jump - 17.10 m (2009) NR
• Long jump - 8.20 m (2009) NR

References

• Kim Deok-hyeon profile at IAAF