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Choi Seong-deok

Choi Seong-deok
Full nameChoi Seong-deok
Date of birth (1999-05-31) 31 May 1999 (age 25)
Place of birthSouth Korea
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight100 kg (220 lb; 15 st 10 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock/Backrow
Current team KEPCO
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
20??-2022 Kyung Hee University ()
2022 KAFAC 5 (10)
2023- KEPCO ()
Correct as of 19 April 2024
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2018 South Korea Under-19 3 (0)
2019- South Korea 5 (10)
Correct as of 19 April 2024
National sevens team
Years Team Comps
2020- South Korea 9
Correct as of 19 April 2024

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

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Club

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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

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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

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South Korea

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KAFAC

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  • South Korean National Sports Festival
    • Runners up: 2022

Individual

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References

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  1. ^ "Choi Seong-deok". Olympedia. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Seong Deok CHOI - Player statistics - It's rugby". www.itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  3. ^ "KEPCO". Asierugby (in French). Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  4. ^ Hinato (4 January 2022). "KAFAC signe 7 joueurs universitaires dont l'international sud-coréen Choi Seong Deok". Asierugby (in French). Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  5. ^ Hinato (21 June 2021). "Le groupe sud-coréen pour le Quest For Gold 7s". Asierugby (in French). Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  6. ^ "KEPCO signs South Korean internationals Choi Seong Deok and Park Woo Bin". www.asierugby.com. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Rugby Sevens - Australia vs Republic of Korea - Pool A Results". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Korea Men's Sevens Squad Confirmed for Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022". RugbyAsia247. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
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