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| Nationality |  South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1982-06-21) 21 June 1982 (age 42) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Fencing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Sabre | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kim Keum-Hwa (also Kim Geum-Hwa, Korean: 김 금화; born June 21, 1982) is a South Korean sabre fencer. She won a total of four medals (two silver and two bronze), as a member of the South Korean fencing team, at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, and at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.
Kim represented South Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in the women's individual sabre event, along with her teammate Lee Shin-Mi. She defeated France's Carole Vergne in the preliminary round of thirty-two, before losing out her next match to China's Tan Xue, with a score of 8–15.
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kim Keum-Hwa". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
- "S. Korea wins one silver, one bronze in fencing". Yonhap News Agency. 10 December 2006. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
- "S. Korean Kim Hye Lim wins women's individual sabre at Asiad". Xinhua News Agency. 18 November 2010. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
- "Women's Individual Sabre – Round of 16". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 March 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
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