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Having a Multitude of Talents, These 6 K-Pop Idols Used to be Athletes - Bringing Honor to the Country and the International Stage

Having a Multitude of Talents, These 6 K-Pop Idols Used to be Athletes - Bringing Honor to the Country and the International Stage

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Having a Multitude of Talents, These 6 K-Pop Idols Used to be Athletes - Bringing Honor to the Country and the International Stage

K-Pop idols are known to the public for always having a tiring schedule, in addition to intensive training for every performance. Nevertheless, some of them still appear fit.

This is actually due to their background as former athletes. It's no wonder that their stamina is already well-formed. Who are the K-Pop idols who used to be athletes before venturing into the music industry? Let's find out more!

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Before debuting with GOT7, Jackson Wang was actually a talented fencer. At the age of 16, he became a Junior Olympic fencer with the official Hong Kong junior team.

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Jackson is also known as a fencing superstar. He has won various competitions, including the Asian Junior Championship and the Cadet Fencing Championship. Jackson also represented China in the First Youth Olympic Games in Singapore in 2014 and ranked 11th in the junior saber category worldwide.

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In addition to mesmerizing fans with his golden voice, Leo VIXX also has talent in soccer. Yes, this idol was once a soccer athlete before becoming an idol.

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He was part of the South Korean junior team for three years from 2004 to 2007. Leo was also honored to sing the official song of the South Korean national team at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

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Seungyoon WINNER is not only born to be an idol, but he is also very talented in playing billiards. He was so talented that he once became a professional billiard player.

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Seungyoon learned how to play billiards when he was in 9th grade and practiced with the Professional Billiards Association. He then became the champion of the Korean National Sports Festival in Busan, making him the representative of Busan billiards.

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Known as the Ice Prince, Sunghoon ENHYPEN used to be an international figure skater. Starting his career at a very young age, Sunghoon has a decade-long experience in ice skating.

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He competed in various global competitions and won a silver medal at the South Korean Figure Skating Championships 2013, gold medals at the Asian Open Trophy 2015 and Lombardia Trophy 2015 in Italy.

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Kim Yohan Wei is a professionally trained taekwondo athlete. It is known that he has been training for 13 years and won 2 times in the Korean National Sports Festival.

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Furthermore, Yohan entered university on a scholarship for Taekwondo. However, his martial arts career was halted when Yohan suffered a leg injury. That's when he finally decided to become an idol.

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Cho Seungyoun (WOODZ) is known to the public as a multi-talented individual. Outside of the music world, it turns out he also played for SC Corinthians, a Brazilian football team.

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Being abroad for two years at such a young age, Seungyoun missed his hometown. He treated his longing by watching MusicBank using a computer in his football team dormitory and decided to return to Korea to pursue his dream of becoming an idol.

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