Kim Mi-jung (judoka, born 1971)
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Born | March 29, 1971 Masan, Gyeongsangnam-do | (age 53)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hangul | 김미정 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Revised Romanization | Kim Mi-jeong | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
McCune–Reischauer | Kim Mi-jŏng | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kim Mi-Jung (born March 29, 1971 in Masan, Gyeongsangnam-do) is a retired female South Korean judoka. She was a shot putter in high school but changed to be a judoka at the age of 17, and in a year Kim was selected to be a member of the South Korean national judo team in 1989.
Next year, Kim won bronze at the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing, and in 1991 she became her first world champion in the 72 kg division at the World Championships in Barcelona.
At the 1992 Summer Olympics she finally won the Olympic gold medal in the women's Half Heavyweight (-72 kg) category.[1]
She also won a silver medal in the -72 kg division at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where women's judo was held as a demonstration sport.
Kim retired from competitive judo after winning the Asian Game gold medal in 1994. She has been serving as a judo coach and professor for Yong-In University, South Korea.
She is married to judoka Kim Byung-joo.[2]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kim Mi-Jeong". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
- ^ Lee, Yong-taek (2004-08-04). "[이 부부] 유도 올림픽 메달리스트 김병주·김미정씨". JoongAng Ilbo. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
External links
- Mi-Jung Kim at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- Mi-Jung KIM at Olympics.com
- Judoka at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic judoka of South Korea
- Olympic gold medalists for South Korea
- 1971 births
- Living people
- Olympic medalists in judo
- Asian Games medalists in judo
- Judoka at the 1990 Asian Games
- Judoka at the 1994 Asian Games
- South Korean female judoka
- Judoka at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea
- Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea
- Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games