Kim Jong-il (Korean: 김종일; Hanja: 金鍾鎰, [1] born 11 September 1962), sometimes transliterated Kim Yong-il, is a South Korean retired long jumper, best known for winning two gold medals at the Asian Games. He also competed in the Olympics twice, and was the first Korean athlete to have made a final round at the Olympics.

Dec 19, 2011 · North Korea's Supreme Leader Kim Jong-Il died over the weekend, due to complications of a stroke he suffered back in 2008. And while he was a ruthless dictator who murdered untold numbers of...

Jan 27, 2014 · In his first round of golf ever, Kim Jong Il sinks eleven holes-in-one at the 7,700-yard, 18-hole Pyongyang Golf Club. North Korean media reports a score of 34, which would be a world record....

Sep 26, 2023 · Former track and field athlete from South Korea. He participated in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and advanced to the finals, making him the first athlete to do so in 36 years since Kim Won-kwon in 1948.

Apr 17, 2012 · Kim Jong-il was probably the greatest athlete who ever lived. As has been widely documented, he shot five holes-in-one in his first try at golf and he once bowled a 300.

Folks, a BIG round of applause for the most celebrated athlete since Paul Bunyan!Dear Leader Comrade Generalissimo Kim Jong Il build the Korean nation into t...

She placed last at her first Olympic appearance in 1924, when she was just 11 years old.

Kim Jong-il is a 49 years old South Korean long jumper from Ussuriysk, Primorskiy (Maritime) Kray. Kim Jong-il was born on September 11, 1962 (died on December 17, 2011, he was 49 years old) in Ussuriysk, Primorskiy (Maritime) Kray as Юрий Ирсенович Ким.

Jong-il KIM, Korea

Kim Jong-il (born 11 September 1962), sometimes transliterated Kim Yong-il, is a South Korean retired long jumper, best known for winning two gold medals at the Asian Games. He also competed in the Olympics twice, and was the first Korean track and field athlete to have made a final round at the Olympics.