Lim Young-chul
South Korean handball player
Lim Young-chul, also written Im Yeong-cheol (born 15 June 1960) is a South Korean handball player and coach.
As a player, he won a bronze medal at the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi and participated at the 1984 Summer Olympics with South Korean national team.
As a coach of the South Korea women's national team, he participated at three others editions of the Olympics (winning a silver medal in 2004, a bronze medal in 2008 and finishing 10th in 2016.), at many World Championships (as in 2013) and at many continental competitions (Asian Games and Asian Championships). He also managed many female clubs in Korea.
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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q12613897. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1960, 1982, 1984 and 2004.
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