# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kim-un-yong
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:40:40.813Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kim-un-yong"
name: "Kim Un-yong"
slug: "kim-un-yong"
description: "Kim Un-yong or Un Yong Kim was a South Korean sports administrator, vice-president of the International Olympic Committee, and founding member of the WTF executive board. Kim Un-yong was elected the president of the Korean Taekwondo Association on 23 January 1971. He received a doctorate in political science in 1963 from the Yonsei University. Kim retired from the WTF presidency in 2004 and was succeeded by Chungwon Choue."
tagline: "South Korean sport administrator"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kim_Unyong_in_2012.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Korea"
  isoCode: "KR"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1931-03-03"
deathDate: "2017-10-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.8
  momentum:             6.649697741011773
  historical:           4.817676000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://kimunyong.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Un-yong"
    title: "Kim Un-yong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Un-yong"
    title: "Kim Un-yong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%87%91%E9%9B%B2%E9%BE%8D"
    title: "金雲龍"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B9%80%EC%9A%B4%EC%9A%A9"
    title: "김운용"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Un-yong"
    title: "Kim Un-yong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12588260"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump