Yeom Hyo-seob
South Korean taekwondo practitioner
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing  South Korea | ||
| Men’s taekwondo | ||
| World Championships | ||
 | 2009 Copenhagen | Bantamweight |
Yeom Hyo-Seob (Korean: 염효섭) is a South Korean taekwondo practitioner. He won the gold medal in the bantamweight division (-63 kg) at the 2009 World Taekwondo Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Controversial final
At the 2009 World Championship, Yeom won the very controversial gold medal fight against Reza Naderian of Iran following a highly disputed 4–2 final score. Yeom was trailing 2-1 midway through the second round when the judge gave three points to Yeom for a kick to the face that did not connect. Iran requested a video replay but the referee refused. Then in the third round, with Yeom ahead by a point, the referee accepted team Korea's request for a video replay and took away a point from the Iranian fighter.[1] Yeom kept clinching the Iranian opponent using fake attacks until the end of the third round, and even ran out on the mat when 5 seconds are left to the end of the match.[2] After the match, many South Korean media criticized about the controversial judgement and Yeom's unsportsmanlike ending.
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World Champions in Taekwondo – Men's Bantamweight
- 1975:
Son Tae-hwan (KOR) - 1977: Kim Yong-ki (KOR)
- 1979: Kim Yong-ki (KOR)
- 1982: Kim Yong-ki (KOR)
- 1983: Han Hong-sik (KOR)
- 1985: Yoo Myung-sik (KOR)
- 1987: Yoo Myung-sik (KOR)
- 1989: Ham Jun (KOR)
- 1991:
Ángel Alonso (ESP) - 1993: Kim In-young (KOR)
- 1995: Chang Dae-soon (KOR)
- 1997:
Huang Chih-hsiung (TPE) - 1999: Ko Dae-kyu (KOR)
- 2001: Kang Nam-won (KOR)
- 2003: Huang Chih-hsiung (TPE)
- 2005: Kim Jae-sik (KOR)
- 2007:
Filip Grgić (CRO) - 2009: Yeom Hyo-seob (KOR)
- 2011: Lee Dae-hoon (KOR)
- 2013: Lee Dae-hoon (KOR)
- 2015:
Jaouad Achab (WTF) - 2017:
Zhao Shuai (CHN) - 2019: Zhao Shuai (CHN)
- 2022: Liang Yushuai (CHN)
- 2023:
Hakan Reçber (TUR)
- 1975–1977: −58 kg
- 1979–1983: −56 kg
- 1985–1997: −58 kg
- 1999–2007: −62 kg
- 2009–present: −63 kg
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