Hong Kuk-hyon won the silver medal at the 2014 World Championships.
14 Facts About Hong Kuk-hyon
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Hong Kuk-hyon won his first fight by yuko, then lost in his second fight to Poland's Pawel Zagrodnik by two yukos, despite scoring one.
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Hong Kuk-hyon then competed in his first Grand Prix in Qingdao, but lost in golden score to Liu Renwang in the Round of 16.
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Hong Kuk-hyon had a breakthrough in his career when he won a bronze medal at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou.
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Hong Kuk-hyon played ippon judo in his first three fights, but lost by ippon and yuko to Jumpei Morishita in the quarter-final.
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Hong Kuk-hyon next won his second international medal at the World Cup in Madrid.
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Hong Kuk-hyon played for ippon in the quarter-final and semi-final, however lost in the final by ippon and yuko against Deniss Kozlovs His next tournament was at the World Cup in Ulaanbaatar.
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Hong Kuk-hyon defeated his first opponent by ippon and waza-ari, but lost in the quarter-final to An Jeong-hwan and in the repechage to Musashi Ugura, both by ippon.
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Hong Kuk-hyon competed in his first continental championships in Abu Dhabi in 2011.
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Hong Kuk-hyon won in the Round of 16 by ippon, waza-ari and yuko, but lost by ippon in the quarter-final and repechage again.
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Hong Kuk-hyon then went on to fight in his first World Championships among a massive group of 128 judokas in the half-lightweight.
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Hong Kuk-hyon lost against Igor Soroca in his first fight that lasted over seven minutes before he was thrown for ippon.
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Hong Kuk-hyon returned to the Grand Prix in Qingdao and lost in the quarter-final.
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Hong Kuk-hyon then lost in his second fight at the Grand Prix in Prague, which was his final tournament at half-lightweight.