Jin Kun Yong

Jin Kun helped teach and rehearse demonstrations with WTA’s seniors. He won a team title with Jun Ee and Chew Wei Yan and competed in pairs with Sara Yap.

Group at a taekwondo award presentation in Jin Kun Yong’s archive
A taekwondo presentation group from the Jin Kun Yong archive.

WTA senior · Malaysian Poomsae athlete

Their WTA connection

Jin Kun trained under Master Tan with Hong Kai, Sara and Jun Ee. The seniors helped teach and prepared demonstrations. He later joined Sara, Jun Ee and Chew Wei Yan in a four-person national Poomsae intake.

The team-mates alongside Jin Kun

Jin Kun helped teach and rehearsed demonstrations with WTA’s seniors. When he went on to compete for Malaysia in Poomsae, he shared team results with Jun Ee and pair results with Sara Yap.

Learning and contributing at WTA

Under Master Tan, Jin Kun trained with Hong Kai, Sara and Jun Ee. The group helped teach and rehearsed demonstrations as well as working on their own skills.

Gold with Jun Ee and Chew Wei Yan

At the 2016 Asian Cities Taekwondo Championships in Hong Kong, Jin Kun, Kok Jun Ee and Chew Wei Yan won men’s-team gold for Malaysia. The organiser’s result book lists him as Yong Jin Kun. The three were part of the four-person national intake described in the pioneers’ story.

An international partnership with Sara

Sara and Jin Kun won mixed-pair silver at the Kuala Lumpur SEA Games in 2017. The following year they won mixed-pair gold at the US Open. Their shared results continued across regional and international events.

Sources

Early WTA training: Jin Kun Yong, October 2026. Results: the linked organiser, university and contemporary reports.

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Meet the team-mates in the story

Jin Kun, Sara and Jun Ee shared a national Poomsae chapter. Read about their preparation and later results.

Read the pioneers’ story

Results and performances

2013

Islamic Solidarity Games, Palembang

Yong Jin Kun, Kok Jun Ee, Choo Hong Kai

Bronze — Men’s team Poomsae

Representing Malaysia.

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2016

4th Asian Taekwondo Poomsae Championships, Manila

Yong Jin Kun, Kok Jun Ee, Chew Wei Yan

Bronze — Men’s team under 30

Representing Malaysia.

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2019

Philippines SEA Games

Yong Jin Kun, Augustine Rudy Grocer, Jason Loo

Bronze — Men’s team Poomsae

Representing Malaysia.

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