Personal information | |
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Born | 29 March 1971 52) Masan, Gyeongsangnam-do | (age
Occupation | Judoka |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 김미정 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Kim Mi-jeong |
McCune–Reischauer | Kim Mi-jŏng |
Sport | |
Country | South Korea |
Sport | Judo |
Weight class | –72 kg |
Achievements and titles | |
World Champ. | (1991) |
Asian Champ. | (1994) |
Olympic Games | (1992) |
Medal record | |
Profile at external databases | |
IJF | 11423 |
JudoInside.com | 3701 |
Updated on 5 June 2023. |
Kim Mi-Jung (born 29 March 1971 in Masan, Gyeongsangnam-do) is a female South Korean retired 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 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]
Kim retired from competitive judo after winning gold in the 1994 Asian Game. 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]
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