Yeom Hyo-Seob

This is a Korean name; the family name is Yeom.
Medal record
Competitor for  South Korea
Men’s taekwondo
World Championships
Gold 2009 Copenhagen Bantamweight

Yeom Hyo-Seob (Hangul: 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.

References

  1. ^ Kim, Jason (October 20, 2009). "Lim snatches gold in Copenhagen". JoongAng Daily. http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2911479. 
  2. ^ Ok, Cheol (October 17, 2009). "Gold Medal stained with misjudgement and booing" (in Korean). Yonhap News. http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/bulletin/2009/10/17/0200000000AKR20091017017600007.HTML.