Kim Chae-woon (born 10 March 2001) is a South Korean retired individual rhythmic gymnast. She is a multiple time medalist at the Asian Rhythmic Championships and was part of the team that won the bronze medal at the 2018 Asian Games.
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| Full name | 김채운 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 March 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country represented |  South Korea ( South Korea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Sejong University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gym | Novogorsk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach | Evgeniya Gertsikova | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World ranking | 34 (2019 Season)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Athletic career
editKim began rhythmic gymnastics during middle school, when she was 10 years old. At first, it was only a hobby for her, but her coach encouraged her to take it up seriously.[2] She trained in Novogorsk, house of the Russian national team, with coach Evgeniya Gertsikova for a 5 years period.[3]
2017–2021
editIn her first senior year, she won the Korean National championships in March, and was named as the future Son Yeon-jae of rhythmic gymnastics.[4] At the 2017 Asian Championships, she finished 9th in the all-around final and 5th in the team competition. [5] Her first world cup was the 2017 Kazan World Challenge Cup, where she finished 18th in the all-around.[2] Earlier that year, she competed at the 2017 World Games in Wrocław but did not advance to any apparatus final, her highest placement being 16th with the ribbon.[6] Her last competition of the season was the 2017 World Championships in Pesaro, finishing 31st in the qualifications thus not advancing in the all-around finals.[2]
She began her next season at the 2018 Grand Prix Moscow, finishing in the 15th place,[7] qualifying into the ball and hoop final.[8]
In 2019, she participated at the annual Aeon Cup in Tokyo along Lim Se-eun, and the junior gymnast Sohn Ji-in representing Sejong & Bongeun RG: they finished 6th in the qualification round.[9]
In 2021, she won the bronze medal with 23.55 points in the individual ball event at the 2021 Asian Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships.[10] Thereafter on September 28, 2021, she announced on her Instagram account that she had retired with the Asian Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships being the last competition she participated in.[11]
References
edit- ↑ "Rhythmic Gymnastics World Ranking 2019" (PDF). International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
- 1 2 3 "KIM Chaewoon - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport.
- ↑ Kwon, Ra-young (21 June 2021). "세종대 김채운, 리듬체조 아시아선수권대회서 동메달". UPI. Archived from the original on 7 February 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ↑ Jo, Young-joon (4 March 2017). "'The Second Son Yeon-jae' Kim Chae-woon, 1st place in the national rhythmic gymnastics competition". SPOTV News. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ↑ "KIM Chaewoon - FIG Athlete Profile". International Gymnastics Federation. Archived from the original on 8 February 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ↑ "Rhythmic Gymnastics Individual Hoop Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. 21 July 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ↑ "Rhythmic Gymnastics News — Grand Prix Moscow 2018 Results".
- ↑ Yoo, Byung-cheol (9 March 2018). "[리듬체조] '포스트 손연재' 김채운, 국가대표 선발전 출전". Herald Economics. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
- ↑ "Club Qualification". Seiko. October 2019.
- ↑ "세종대 체육학과 김채운, 제12회 리듬체조 아시아선수권대회 동메달". 투데이코리아 (in Korean). 2021-06-16. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
- ↑ "With the 2021 Asian Championships as the last competition, I finished 11 years of my career :)". instagram.com. Retrieved 2026-04-18.
