Kim Yeong-gi (basketball)

Kim Yeong-gi (born 7 January 1936) is a South Korean basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics.^[1]

In 1958 he was in mandatory military service and played for the Republic of Korea Air Force team in domestic competition.^[2] He also represented South Korea internationally at the Asian Games that year in Tokyo.^[3] His son Kim Sang-sik [ko] made his professional basketball debut in 1991.^[4] In 1993 he was named a vice-president of the Korea Basketball Association.^[5] In 2006 he was promoted from vice-president to president of the Korean Basketball League.^[6] He received the 14th Sogang Athletics Grand Award in 2022.^[7]

References[edit]

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kim Yeong-gi Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
^ "空軍,韓銀팀優勝全國男女綜合籠球大會" [Air Force, Bank of Korea teams victorious at National Men's and Women's Basketball Tournament]. The Dong-a Ilbo. 24 November 1958. Retrieved 2 June 2022 – via Naver News Library.
^ "亞洲五輪派遣團員決定" [Asiad delegations decided]. Kyunghyang Shinmun. 23 March 1958. p. 2. Retrieved 2 June 2022 – via Naver News Library.
^ "슛자세-득점력 代(대)물림" [Shooting posture and scoring power, passed down from generation to generation]. The Chosun Ilbo. 7 January 1993. p. 24. Retrieved 2 June 2022 – via Naver News Library.
^ "농구協 새 집행부 확정" [Basketball Association confirms new executive officers]. The Dong-a Ilbo. 1 February 1993. p. 19. Retrieved 2 June 2022 – via Naver News Library.
^ "KBL, 3대 총재에 김영기 부총재 선임" [Vice-President Kim Yeong-gi named as third president of KBL]. Korea Economic Daily. 3 April 2006. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
^ "김영기 전 KBL 총재, 제 14회 소강체육대상 대상 수상" [Former KBL president Kim Yeong-gi receives 14th Sogang Athletics Grand Award]. The Chosun Ilbo. 20 April 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.