Han Kun-kyu

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Han Kun-kyu (born 22 January 1987) is a South Korean rugby union and sevens player.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/144927 |title=Han Kun-kyu |work=Olympedia |access-date=31 July 2021}} He competed for South Korea at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Early career

A high school gym teacher, who was a former rugby player, introduced him to the sport.{{Cite web |date=2021-09-05 |title=The Korean Rugby Team’s Olympic Debut |url=https://annals.yonsei.ac.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=10468 |url-status=live |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=The Yonsei Annals |language=ko}} He attended Yonsei University and while in his senior year there he was scouted by the Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps as an athlete.

Rugby career

Han was a stand out player for the South Korean fifteens team in the 2009 Asian Five Nations.{{Cite web |date=2010-04-23 |title=Stage set for Asian Five Nations kick-off |url=https://www.espn.com/rugby/story/_/id/15296361/stage-set-asian-five-nations-kick-off |url-status=live |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}} He scored a brace of tries in his sides 36–34 victory over Hong Kong in the tournament.{{Cite web |last=Redmond |first=John |date=2009-05-12 |title=Korea Beats Hong Kong in Rugby |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2025/03/113_44778.html |url-status=live |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=The Korea Times |language=en}} He also competed in the 2010 Asian Five Nations tournament.{{Cite web |date=2010-05-15 |title=Japan run 100 points past Kazakhstan |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/rugby/story/_/id/15296563/japan-run-100-points-kazakhstan |url-status=live |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}

He was in the South Korean fifteens team that participated in the 2017 Asia Rugby Championship, he scored their first try against Japan at the Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field.{{Cite web |date=2017-04-22 |title=Japan top South Korea in ARC opener {{!}} #ARC2017 {{!}} |url=https://www.asiarugby.com/2017/04/22/japan-top-south-korea/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=Asia Rugby |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Freeman |first=Rich |date=2017-04-22 |title=Rugby: Disappointing Japan labor to win over S. Korea in ARC opener |url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2017/04/82a3b8b7bd2c-rugby-disappointing-japan-labor-to-win-over-s-korea-in-arc-opener.html |url-status=live |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=Kyodo News+}} He was part of the South Korean sevens squad that competed in the 2018 Hong Kong Sevens.{{Cite web |date=2018-04-06 |title=Hong Kong Sevens Preview |url=https://www.americasrugbynews.com/2018/04/05/hong-kong-sevens-preview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=Americas Rugby News |language=en-US}}

Han was part of South Korea's sevens team that competed at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 2021.{{Cite web |date=2021-07-16 |title=Men's Sevens Squads for Tokyo 2020 from Asia |url=https://www.asiarugby.com/2021/07/16/mens-sevens-squad-for-tokyo-2020/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=Asia Rugby |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2021-07-25 |title=Tokyo Olympics: Men’s Sevens Preview |url=https://www.americasrugbynews.com/2021/07/25/tokyo-olympics-mens-sevens-preview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=Americas Rugby News |language=en-US}} He featured for the sevens team in the Incheon leg of the 2022 Asia Rugby Sevens Series.{{Cite web |date=2022-11-11 |title=Asia Rugby Sevens Series 2022 – Leg 2 Incheon Preview |url=https://www.rugbyasia247.com/asia-rugby-sevens-series-2022-leg-2-incheon-preview/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=RugbyAsia247 |language=en-US}}

In 2023, he competed for the South Korean sevens side at the Asian Games in Hangzhou.{{Cite web |last=Bulley |first=Jim |date=2023-09-24 |title=Korean rugby sevens team dominate Asian Games opener |url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2023-09-24/sports/more/Korean-rugby-sevens-team-dominate-Asian-Games-opener/1877091 |url-status=live |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=koreajoongangdaily.joins.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2023-09-19 |title=Le groupe sud-coréen pour les jeux asiatiques de Hangzhou |url=https://www.asierugby.com/post/le-groupe-sud-cor%C3%A9en-pour-les-jeux-asiatiques-de-hangzhou |url-status=live |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=Asierugby |language=fr}} He scored a try and helped his side defeat Chinese Taipei in their opening match of the competition.