The Most Famous

GYMNASTS from South Korea

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This page contains a list of the greatest South Korean Gymnasts. The pantheon dataset contains 370 Gymnasts, 4 of which were born in South Korea. This makes South Korea the birth place of the 25th most number of Gymnasts behind Slovenia, and Austria.

Top 6

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary South Korean Gymnasts of all time. This list of famous South Korean Gymnasts is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.

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1. Yang Hak-seon (b. 1992)

With an HPI of 42.53, Yang Hak-seon is the most famous South Korean Gymnast.  His biography has been translated into 18 different languages on wikipedia.

Yang Hak-seon (Korean: 양학선; Hanja: 梁鶴善 ; born 6 December 1992) is a South Korean artistic gymnast who specialises in the vault. He is the first South Korean gymnast to win an Olympic gold medal.

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2. Son Yeon-jae (b. 1994)

With an HPI of 39.05, Son Yeon-jae is the 2nd most famous South Korean Gymnast.  Her biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

Son Yeon-jae KTM (Korean: 손연재; born 28 May 1994) is a retired South Korean individual rhythmic gymnast. She is a former member of the South Korean national gymnastics team, based in Taereung, Seoul. Son is the 2014 Asian Games All-around Champion, the 2010 Asian Games All-around bronze medalist, three-time (2016, 2015, 2013) Asian Championships All-around Champion. She is the first and only South Korean individual rhythmic gymnast to win a medal at the World Championships, FIG World Cup series, Universiade and the Asian Games. Son is managed by the IB Sports agency. She trained in Russia. Son is also a recipient of the Talent Medal of Korea in 2011.

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3. Kim Dae-eun (b. 1984)

With an HPI of 36.48, Kim Dae-eun is the 3rd most famous South Korean Gymnast.  His biography has been translated into 14 different languages.

Kim Dae-eun (born September 17, 1984) is a South Korean gymnast. Kim attended the Korea National Sport University. He won the silver medal in the men's artistic individual all-around at the 2004 Athens Olympics, and his loss to American Paul Hamm by a 0.012 margin was the closest in men's Olympic all-around history, though tied by Tatiana Gutsu's win over Shannon Miller in 1992. At the 2006 Asian Games, Kim tied with Yang Wei of China for the gold medal on parallel bars and was part of the South Korean team that won the bronze medal in the team event. Kim tied with Mitja Petkovšek from Slovenia for the gold medal on the parallel bars at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

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4. Yoo Won-chul (b. 1984)

With an HPI of 34.20, Yoo Won-chul is the 4th most famous South Korean Gymnast.  His biography has been translated into 14 different languages.

Yoo Won-chul (Korean pronunciation: [ju.wʌn.tɕʰʌl]; born 20 July 1984) is a South Korean gymnast. Yoo was part of the South Korean team that won the bronze medal in the team event at the 2006 Asian Games. As an individual, he won a silver medal at the 2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in the parallel bars and a silver medal in the parallel bars at the 2008 Summer Olympic games.

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5. Yeo Seo-jeong (b. 2002)

With an HPI of 29.74, Yeo Seo-jeong is the 5th most famous South Korean Gymnast.  Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Yeo Seo-jeong (Korean: 여서정; born 20 February 2002) is a South Korean artistic gymnast. She is the 2020 Olympic bronze medalist, the 2023 World bronze medalist, the 2018 Asian Games champion, and a two-time Asian champion on vault. She is the first South Korean female gymnast to win an Olympic medal and also the first to win a World Championships medal.

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6. Yul Moldauer (b. 1996)

With an HPI of 18.27, Yul Moldauer is the 6th most famous South Korean Gymnast.  His biography has been translated into 8 different languages.

Yul Kyung-Tae Moldauer (born August 26, 1996) is an American artistic gymnast. He represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He is the 2017 U.S. national all-around champion and the 2017 World bronze medalist on floor exercise. Additionally he was a member of the bronze medal-winning team at the 2023 World Championships.

People

Pantheon has 6 people classified as South Korean gymnasts born between 1984 and 2002. Of these 6, 6 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living South Korean gymnasts include Yang Hak-seon, Son Yeon-jae, and Kim Dae-eun. As of April 2024, 3 new South Korean gymnasts have been added to Pantheon including Kim Dae-eun, Yoo Won-chul, and Yeo Seo-jeong.

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