Kim Byong-cheol

{{short description|South Korean taekwondo practitioner}}

{{Other people|Kim Byung-cheol}}

{{family name hatnote|Kim||lang=Korean}}

{{MedalTableTop | medals =

{{MedalSport | Men's taekwondo }}

{{MedalCountry | {{KOR}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games (demonstration) }}

{{MedalGold | 1992 Barcelona | featherweight }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 1993 New York | featherweight{{cite news |title=Taekwondo; The Garden Is Filled With Taikwondo |work=New York Times |date=1993-08-20 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/20/sports/taekwondo-the-garden-is-filled-with-taikwondo.html |accessdate=2009-03-29}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Universiade }}

{{MedalGold | 1990 Santander| featherweight{{cite web |url=http://www.lacancha.com/2tkdwuc.pdf |title=2nd World University Taekwondo Championships (FISU)}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Games }}

{{MedalGold | 1989 Karlsruhe | featherweight{{cite web |url=http://www.geocities.com/armtkd/wg.htm#Karlsruhe%2089 |title=Results of the Taekwondo World Games |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091024155038/http://geocities.com/armtkd/wg.htm |url-status=dead |archivedate=2009-10-24}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Cup }}

{{MedalGold | 1989 Cairo| featherweight{{cite web |url=http://www.geocities.com/armtkd/wc.htm#Cairo%2089 |title=Results of the World Cup Taekwondo Championships |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091024032435/http://geocities.com/armtkd/wc.htm |url-status=dead |archivedate=2009-10-24}} }}

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Kim Byong-Cheol, also known as Kim Byung Chul,{{cite news |last=Cho |first=Hyun Jin |title=Best Athlete to Best Sabum |publisher=Mookas.us Inc. |date=2001-06-21 |url=http://www.mookas.us/media_view.asp?news_no=857 |accessdate=2009-04-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007063723/http://www.mookas.us/media_view.asp?news_no=857 |archivedate=2011-10-07}} is a South Korean Taekwondo practitioner. He won a gold medal for South Korea at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the Taekwondo featherweight division. Taekwondo was still considered a demonstration sport at that time.

Previous to his win at the Olympics, Kim won four other international taekwondo competitions: the World Championships in 1993 in New York, the World University Games in 1990 in Santander, the World Games in 1989 in Karlsruhe, and the Taekwondo World Cup in 1989 in Cairo.

As of 2009, Kim had achieved the rank of 7th degree black belt, and he was managing World Champion Taekwondo with locations in Portland, Beaverton and Scappoose, Oregon. Kim is the head instructor at the Portland location.{{cite web |url=http://www.olympic-taekwondo.com/ |title=World Champion Taekwondo |accessdate=2009-03-29 |year=2009 |publisher=World Champion Taekwondo}}