He was a Korean National Team Member for ten years, from 1991-2000,[REF] during which time he won the World Championship three times and swept all other international championships such as the Asia Championship, Asian Games, and World Cup [REF].
In 2000, Kim qualified for the South Korean Taekwondo Olympic team during the first assessment tournament,[REF] but an injury sustained at the 1998 Asian Games became horribly aggravated and forced him to withdraw from the second assessment tournament [REF].