Kim Won-ho, who won the men’s doubles title at the 2025 Paris World Badminton Championships and won 11 gold medals in a single season of the World Tour, will receive the grand prize at the Korean Sports Council Sports Award. On the 5th, the Korea Sports Council selected 93 athletes and 5 organizations who have made notable contributions to the Korean sports community as awardees in 2025, and Kim Won-ho will be awarded a commendation plaque and a special award. The 72nd Korean Sports Council Athletic Awards Ceremony will be held at the Taereung Athletes’ Village Champion House on March 13.
Kim Won-ho (27, Samsung Life Insurance Badminton Team), who won the men’s doubles title at the ‘2025 Paris World Badminton Championships’ and won 11 gold medals in a single season of the World Tour, will receive the grand prize at the Korea Sports Council Sports Award.
On the 5th, the Korea Sports Council announced, “We have selected the winners of the ’72nd Korean Sports Council Sports Award’, which is awarded to athletes who have contributed significantly to the development and promotion of sports by making notable contributions to the Korean sports community in 2025.” According to this, the grand prize winner, Kim Won-ho, will be awarded a commendation plaque and a special award.
After deliberation by the Sports Fair Committee and resolution by the 12th Board of Directors on the 2nd, the Korea Sports Council selected 93 people and 5 organizations as winners in a total of 8 categories: competition, coaching, refereeing, daily sports, school sports, merit, research, and sports value.
The top prizes in each category were cyclist Tae-ho Choi (Gangwon Provincial Cycling Federation) in the competition category, Hyo-jin Ban (Daegu Sports High School) in shooting, Se-won Lee (Goyang City Hall) in weightlifting, coach Seong-sook Jeong (Yongin University) in judo, Eun-hee Kim (Korea Judo Association) standing referee in judo, Doo-yeon Cha, a player at the Busan Metropolitan City Roller Sports Federation in the sports category, Jong-hwan Oh, teacher at Oncheon Elementary School in the school sports category, In the merit category, Lee Chung-hwan, vice president of the Korea Sepak Takraw Association, Kim Gwang-tae, vice president of the Daejeon Modern Pentathlon Federation, in the research category, Dongguk University Sports Science Major Associate Professor Kim Seok-gyu, and in the sports value category, Park Kang-gyu, president of the Seoul Curling Federation, were selected.
They will also be awarded commendation plaques and awards, respectively. In addition, commendation plaques and prizes will be given to the winners of the Excellence Award and Encouragement Award in each category (21 people and 3 organizations for the Excellence Award, 60 people and 2 organizations for the Encouragement Award).
Since establishing the Korea Sports Council Sports Award in 1955, the Korea Sports Council has been selecting and awarding outstanding achievements every year, such as demonstrating outstanding skills in various sports activities or contributing to the development of sports in Korea through creative and dedicated efforts.
Meanwhile, the 72nd Korean Sports Council Athletic Awards Ceremony will be held at the Taereung Athletes’ Village Champion House on March 13 at 2 p.m.
