Kim Won-kwon
{{Short description|South Korean athlete (born 1918)}}
{{family name hatnote|Kim||lang=Korean}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's athletics}}
{{MedalCountry | {{JPN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | International University Games}}
{{MedalGold | 1939 Vienna | Triple jump}}
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{{Infobox Korean name
| hangul = 김원권
| hanja = 金源權
| rr = Gim Wongwon
| mr = Kim Wŏn'gwŏn
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Kim Won-kwon ({{langx|ko|김원권}}; born 13 December 1918, date of death unknown), also romanized as Kim Won-gwon, was a South Korean long jumper and triple jumper. Kim was the world's leading triple jumper during the early 1940s and competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Biography
Like other Korean athletes of the time, Kim represented Japan while it ruled Korea, winning gold in men's triple jump at the 1939 Vienna International University Games with a jump of 15.37 m.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/wsg.htm |title=World Student Games (Pre-Universiade) |accessdate=11 December 2014 |magazine=Athletics Weekly}} He topped the triple jump world list in 1938 (15.63 m), 1940 (15.68 m), 1941 (15.82 m), 1942 (15.64 m) and 1943 (15.86 m);{{cite web |url=http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=3192&Gender=M |title=Track and Field Statistics |accessdate=11 December 2014}}{{citation |title=All-Time List As At 31 December 1945 |publisher=Association of Track and Field Statisticians}} the last of these marks was his personal best and remained the South Korean record for more than forty years.{{cite book |language=Finnish |isbn=951-9465-05-7 |author=Pekola, Tapio|publisher=Juoksija |title=Yleisurheilun MM-kisakirja Helsinki '83 |year=1983|display-authors=etal}} In 1939 it was reported that Kim had jumped 16.25 m in training, which would have been a world record if duplicated in an official meeting.{{cite news |url=http://dea.digar.ee/cgi-bin/dea?a=d&d=uudisleht19390521.1.7# |title=Gengon Kin kaugust 7.84! |language=Estonian |date=21 May 1939 |accessdate=11 December 2014 |newspaper=Uudisleht}}
Kim was also a good long jumper, and would have been a leading favorite in both events at the 1940 Summer Olympics if they had not been cancelled due to World War II. Kim represented South Korea at the 1948 Olympics, but by then he had lost his best shape; he placed 18th in the long jump and 12th in the triple jump.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ki/kim-won-gwon-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417234032/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ki/kim-won-gwon-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Kim Won-Gwon Bio, Stats and Results |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |accessdate=11 December 2014}}
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External links
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Category:Year of death missing
Category:South Korean male triple jumpers
Category:South Korean male long jumpers
Category:Japanese male triple jumpers
Category:Japanese male long jumpers
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for South Korea
Category:Place of birth missing