Viktor Kim
| Viktor Kim | |
|---|---|
| Born | 27 July 1955 |
| Team | |
| Skip | Viktor Kim |
| Third | Abylaikhan Zhuzbay |
| Second | |
| Lead | |
| Career | |
| Member Association |  Kazakhstan |
| World Mixed Doubles Championship appearances | 2 (2016, 2017) |
| European Championship appearances | 3 (2004, 2005, 2006) |
| Pacific-Asia Championship appearances | 7 (2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021) |
| Other appearances | World Mixed Championships: 4 (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018) European Mixed Championships: 1 (2006) Asian Winter Games: 1 (2007) World Senior Championships: 3 (2015, 2017, 2019) |
Medal record | |
Viktor Kim (Russian: Ви́ктор Гео́ргиевич Ким; born 27 July 1955) is a Kazakhstani curler and curling coach.
Curling career[]
On the international level, he played (almost always as skip) for Kazakhstan's national men's team at six Pacific Curling Championships (2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018), three European Curling Championships (2004, 2005, 2006)[1] and one Asian Winter Games (2007). He also represented Kazakhstan at two World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships (2016, 2017), four World Mixed Curling Championships (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018), and one European Mixed Curling Championship (2006).[1] He competed at three World Senior Curling Championships (2015, 2017, 2019).
He was also the coach of various Kazakhstani national curling teams at many international curling tournaments.
He is the "founder of Kazakhstani curling": after he saw the curling competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, he founded the in 2003[2][3] and he is the Secretary General of this Association.[4] He is a member of the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
He started curling in 2003. His first coach was Russian curler and coach Alexander Kirikov.[2]
In a game against Canada at the 2019 World Senior Curling Championships, Kim was suspended from the match, and was later ejected from the tournament due to an incident involving an on-ice official.[5]
Personal life[]
Kim is Korean, and he lives in Kazakhstan. His son [6] is also a curler and curling coach. Viktor and Daniel played on the same team many times, for example, at the 2015 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships.[7]
References[]
- ^ a b At 2003—2007 Kazakhstan was member of European Curling Federation
- ^ a b Керлинг. Виктор Ким: «У нас появилась возможность тренироваться и играть» - Vesti.kz
- ^ PROСПОРТ — Виктор Ким: Чтобы вырастить хорошего спортсмена, нужно десять лет(in Russian)
- ^ Керлинга – Комитет по делам спорта и физической культуры (in Russian).
- ^ https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/curling/kazakhstan-skip-suspended-world-senior-curling-championship-1.5107060[bare URL]
- ^ Daniel Kim – WCF database
- ^ Интервью с президентом Ассоциации керлинга Республики Казахстан Владимиром КИМОМ(in Russian)
External links[]
- 1955 births
- Living people
- Kazakhstani male curlers
- Kazakhstani people of Korean descent
- Curlers at the 2007 Asian Winter Games
- Curlers at the 2017 Asian Winter Games
- Kazakhstani curling coaches