Toby Dawson
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Toby Dawson (Template:Langx; Kim Soo-cheol; born Kim Bong-seok; Script error: No such module "Lang".; May 4, 1979) is a Korean-American retired mogul skier. He won a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Dawson is a featured athlete on the sports medicine show Athlete 360. He is currently a coach for the Korean national freestyle skiing team.
Early life
Dawson was born in Busan, South Korea as Kim Bong-seok. When he was three, then-Kim Bong-seok was at a crowded Jungang market in Beomil-dong, Dong-gu, Busan with his mother and went missing. His father went through many orphanages in the area for days, and his son was nowhere to be found. A couple from Vail, Colorado, who were ski instructors, adopted Kim Bong-seok and he was renamed Toby Dawson.
Reunion with biological parents
A man from Busan, Kim Jae-su (Script error: No such module "Lang".), saw Dawson's image in the media; Kim had a missing son of Dawson's age, a DNA test has proven that Jae-su is indeed Dawson's biological father. Dawson and Kim met in Seoul for the first time on Wednesday, February 28, 2007, along with Kim's younger son.[1] Dawson has stated his intent to start a foundation, named after his birth name, to prevent such cases in the future.[2][3] After the reunion, Kim, Dawson, and his biological younger brother had lunch.
Dawson met his biological mother on Friday, November 2, 2012, in Busan, South Korea, according to his Twitter, with his biological father and brother.[4]
He is a PR ambassador for Korea National Tourism Organization and the 2014, 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic Winter Games Bid Committee.[5]
Personal life
Dawson married Leah Halmi on March 14, 2007, in Palm Springs, California. They held a second wedding ceremony on May 24, 2007, in Busan, South Korea.[6] Dawson and his wife were featured on the WE TV show "Platinum Weddings," which premiered on June 24, 2007. The couple wrote a book together, Twenty-Two Years for Twenty-Two Seconds. They divorced in 2009.[7]
On September 14, 2013, Dawson married Kim Yeon-ji, a former member of the South Korean national taekwondo team in Seoul. Kim won the World Taekwondo Championships twice in 2001 and 2003.[8]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."US skier meets South Korean dad". BBC News. February 28, 2007. Archived from the original on March 2, 2007.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Olympian reunites with biological father". CNN.com. Associated Press. February 28, 2007. Archived from the original on March 2, 2007.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Herman, Burt (February 28, 2007). "US Olympic medalist Dawson reunites with biological father". Yahoo! Sports. Associated Press. Archived from the original on March 3, 2007.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Toby Meets Biological Mother". twitter.com/TobyDawsonUSA. November 2, 2012. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."American Athlete to Be Reunited With Korean Father". ABC News. February 27, 2007.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Former US Olympic Skier Weds in Korean Style". The Korea Times. May 24, 2007. Archived from the original on May 28, 2007.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Skier returns to his roots". The Korea Herald. December 1, 2011. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Han, Steve (August 21, 2013). "Olympic Medalist Toby Dawson to Wed Former Taekwondo Champion". KoreAm. Retrieved February 5, 2014.
External links
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- Toby Dawson's U.S. Olympic Team bio Script error: No such module "webarchive". (with two photo galleries)
- Korean Claims to Be Biological Father of US Olympic Medalist
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