PARK Heejun

Republic of Korea

Date of Birth: 29 Mar 1994

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.64/5'5''

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
Additional Information
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Karate	Men's Individual Kata	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Linping Sports Centre Gymnasium KTE Tatami 2	Men's Individual Kata Round 1 Pool 2 #2101	Finished
Followed by	Linping Sports Centre Gymnasium KTE Tatami 2	Men's Individual Kata Round 2 Pool 2 #2107	Finished
Followed by	Linping Sports Centre Gymnasium KTE Tatami 1	Men's Individual Kata Bronze Medal Match 1 #1141	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Asian Games
3	Men's Individual Kata	2018	Indonesia
Olympic Games
5	Men's Individual Kata	2020	Tokyo, JPN
World Championships
8	Men's Individual Kata	2021	Dubai, UAE
11	Men's Individual Kata	2010	Belgrade, SRB
13	Men's Individual Kata	2012	Paris, FRA
15	Men's Individual Kata	2014	Bremen, GER
65	Men's Individual Kata	2018	Madrid, ESP
Karate 1 Premier League
7	Men's Individual Kata	2018	Tokyo, JPN
11	Men's Individual Kata	2020/2021	Dubai, UAE
13	Men's Individual Kata	2020/2021	Paris, FRA
13	Men's Individual Kata	2018	Dubai, UAE
15	Men's Individual Kata	2020/2021	Salzburg, AUT
17	Men's Individual Kata	2019	Dubai, UAE
21	Men's Individual Kata	2019	Madrid, ESP
21	Men's Individual Kata	2019	Rabat, MAR
29	Men's Individual Kata	2019	Moscow, RUS
35	Men's Individual Kata	2017	Dubai, UAE
37	Men's Individual Kata	2019	Shanghai, CHN
38	Men's Individual Kata	2017	Halle, GER
41	Men's Individual Kata	2019	Tokyo, JPN
Asian Championships
3	Men's Individual Kata	2023	Malacca, MAS
3	Men's Individual Kata	2022	Tashkent, UZB
3	Men's Individual Kata	2019	Can Tho, VIE
3	Men's Team Kata	2012	Tashkent, UZB
11	Men's Individual Kata	2017	Astana, KAZ
12	Men's Individual Kata	2018	Amman, JOR

Jjun (Instagram profile, 18 Jun 2021; YouTube channel, 13 May 2020)

Watching television shows. (Athlete, 25 Jul 2021)

Occupation:

Sports Science - Pusan National University, Republic of Korea

Languages spoken:

Ahmad Safi [national], IRI

He took up the sport seriously in 2007 in grade seven at Kangsin Middle School in Seoul, Republic of Korea. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021; olympics, 08 Jan 2021; sports, 26 Mar 2020)

He was involved in kendo for seven years when he was younger, and then took up taekwondo. He switched to karate after starting middle school following encouragement from a coach. He began focusing on kata after winning bronze at the 2009 Youth World Cup in Greece. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021; sports, 26 Mar 2020; gynews, 11 Jun 2012)

To reach the final of his category at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, People's Republic of China, and to finish on the podium at the world championships. (Sports Light YouTube channel, 25 Sep 2021)

Finishing joint-fifth in kata at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (olympics, 06 Aug 2022)

Japanese karateka Yukimitsu Hasegawa. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

Coach Takeru Shinzo, and his father. (olympics, 06 Aug 2022; Buke TV YouTube channel, 21 Oct 2021; Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

Additional Information

General
FURTHER EDUCATION
He has studied for a postgraduate degree at Kyonggi University's Graduate School of Education in the Republic of Korea. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

Milestones

He became the first karateka to represent the Republic of Korea in karate at the Olympic Games. He competed in kata when the sport made its first appearance at the Games at Tokyo 2020. (SportsDeskOnline, 20 Apr 2022; mookas, 01 Apr 2022; isplus, 10 Nov 2021)

He became the first karateka representing the Republic of Korea to win a medal in kata at the Asian Games by claiming bronze at the 2018 Games in Indonesia. (SportsDeskOnline, 24 Jun 2021; olympics, 08 Jan 2021; chosun, 25 Aug 2018)

Legend

:: Bronze Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event