Choi Seong-deok
| Full name | Choi Seong-deok | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 31 May 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 100 kg (220 lb; 15 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Choi Seong-deok (born 31 May 1999) is a South Korean rugby union player.[1] He plays club rugby for KEPCO in the Korea Super Rugby League, he has represented Korea internationally at both sevens and XVs.[2][3]
Career
[edit]Club
[edit]Seong-deok joined KAFAC in 2022 after playing for Kyung Hee University where he won Most Valuable Player in the 2021 South Korea Spring University League.[4][5] While at KAFAC they came 2nd in the South Korean National Sports Festival. After completing his military service, he joined rival Korea Super Rugby League side KEPCO.[6]
Sevens
[edit]He competed in the men's tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[7] Choi represented South Korea at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town, South Africa.[8]
Honors
[edit]South Korea
[edit]KAFAC
[edit]- South Korean National Sports Festival
- Runners up: 2022
Individual
[edit]- South Korea Spring University League MVP: 2021
References
[edit]- ^ "Choi Seong-deok". Olympedia. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "Seong Deok CHOI - Player statistics - It's rugby". www.itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "KEPCO". Asierugby (in French). Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ Hinato (4 January 2022). "KAFAC signe 7 joueurs universitaires dont l'international sud-coréen Choi Seong Deok". Asierugby (in French). Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ Hinato (21 June 2021). "Le groupe sud-coréen pour le Quest For Gold 7s". Asierugby (in French). Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "KEPCO signs South Korean internationals Choi Seong Deok and Park Woo Bin". www.asierugby.com. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "Rugby Sevens - Australia vs Republic of Korea - Pool A Results". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "Korea Men's Sevens Squad Confirmed for Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022". RugbyAsia247. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
External links
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