- Kim Mi-Jung (judoka)
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Kim Mi-Jung Personal information Born March 29, 1971
Masan, Gyeongsangnam-doMedal recordWomen's judo Competitor for South Korea
Olympic Games Gold 1992 Barcelona -72 kg World Championships Gold 1991 Barcelona -72 kg Bronze 1993 Hamilton -72 kg Asian Games Gold 1994 Hiroshima -72 kg Bronze 1990 Beijing -72 kg Asian Championships Silver 1993 Macau -72 kg Kim Mi-Jung (judoka) Hangul 김미정 Hanja 金美廷 Revised Romanization Kim Mi-jeong McCune–Reischauer Kim Mi-jŏng 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.
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.
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Categories:- South Korean judoka
- Judoka at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic judoka of South Korea
- Olympic gold medalists for South Korea
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Olympic medalists in judo
- Asian Games medalists in judo
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