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Kim Gwang-Suk

Last mentioned in Pyŏngyang : North Korea
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Kim Gwang-Suk (alternative transliteration Kim Kwang-Sook, Hangul: 김광숙; born February 15, year unknown; 1976 or 1978 theorized) is a North Korean female gymnast who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics. She is known for both her exemplary uneven bars work and for her involvement in one of the most prominent age falsification scandals in gymnastics in recent years.

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  • Olympics: North Korea looks to flex muscles in London

    News Source: GMA News | 10 months ago
    45pm Isolated, impoverished and home to 200,000 political prisoners, North Korea will look to flex its muscles at the London Olympics in weightlifting and wrestling. Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea) pins its hopes on weightlifting and wrestling,

  • Despite reform, NKorean gymnasts to miss Olympics

    News Source: AP Online | 2 years ago
    Switzerland (AP) — North Korea's gymnasts are still barred from the 2012 London Olympics as punishment for age falsification, despite the country's reform efforts.

    North Korea asked the International Gymnastics Federation for

  • Nth Korean gymnast banned over age lies

    News Source: Sydney Morning Herald | over 2 years ago
    The FIG provisionally suspended Hong, a silver medal winner on the vault at the 2007 world championships, on October 6 after discovering she had registered for various international events claiming to be three different ages. "The FIG's decision is a
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  • North Korea looks to flex muscles in London » Zoominta

    Blog Source: zoominta.com | 10 months ago
    This was the second time that North Korea has been punished for age falsification, after the FIG (International Gymnastics Federation) discovered that Kim Gwang Suk, the 1991 world gold medalist, was listed as 15 for three years in a row.

  • Deer Musk and Female Dominance: North Korea in the 2012 ...

    Blog Source: sinonk.com | 10 months ago
    Kim Gwang Suk, the gold medalist at the 1991 world championships, was listed as 15 years old for three years in a row. This begs the question: Why do North Korean teams cheat? Certainly, it is not the individual choice of the players to take ...

  • Despite reform, NKorean gymnasts to miss Olympics | The ...

    Blog Source: dailycaller.com | 2 years ago
    North Korea was banned from the 1993 world championships after the FIG discovered that Kim Gwang Suk, the 1991 gold medalist on uneven bars, was listed as 15 for three years in a row. Age falsification has been a problem in gymnastics ...
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