Han Kun-kyu
Han Kun-kyu (born 22 January 1987) is a South Korean rugby union and sevens player.[1] He competed for South Korea at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Early careerA high school gym teacher, who was a former rugby player, introduced him to the sport.[2] He attended Yonsei University and while in his senior year there he was scouted by the Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps as an athlete.[2] Rugby careerHan was a stand out player for the South Korean fifteens team in the 2009 Asian Five Nations.[3] He scored a brace of tries in his sides 36–34 victory over Hong Kong in the tournament.[3][4] He also competed in the 2010 Asian Five Nations tournament.[3][5] He was in the South Korean fifteens team that participated in the 2017 Asia Rugby Championship, he scored their first try against Japan at the Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field.[6][7] He was part of the South Korean sevens squad that competed in the 2018 Hong Kong Sevens.[8] Han was part of South Korea's sevens team that competed at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 2021.[9][10] He featured for the sevens team in the Incheon leg of the 2022 Asia Rugby Sevens Series.[11] In 2023, he competed for the South Korean sevens side at the Asian Games in Hangzhou.[12][13] He scored a try and helped his side defeat Chinese Taipei in their opening match of the competition.[12] References
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