Kim Kyong-jin

Kim Kyong-Jin

Personal information
Native name	김경진
Nationality	North Korea
Born	(1986-02-25) 25 February 1986 (age 38)
Height	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Sport	Judo
Event	60 kg
Medal record Men's judo Representing  North Korea Asian Championships 2009 Taipei 60 kg 2008 Jeju City 60 kg East Asian Games 2009 Hong Kong 60 kg

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Kim Kyong-Jin (also Kim Gyeong-Jin, Korean: 김 경진; born February 25, 1986) is a North Korean judoka, who played for the extra-lightweight category.^[1] He won two medals, silver and bronze, for the 60 kg division at the Asian Judo Championships (2008 in Jeju City, South Korea and 2009 in Taipei, Taiwan).^[2][3]

Kim represented North Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's extra-lightweight class (60 kg). He defeated Madagascar's Elie Norbert and Armenia's Hovhannes Davtyan in the preliminary rounds, before losing out the quarterfinal match, by two yuko and a kata gatame (shoulder hold), to Austria's Ludwig Paischer.^[4] Because his opponent advanced further into the final match, Kim offered another shot for the bronze medal by entering the repechage rounds. Unfortunately, he finished only in ninth place, after losing out the second repechage bout to Great Britain's Craig Fallon, who successfully scored a waza-ari (half-point) and a kuchiki taoshi (single leg takedown), at the end of the five-minute period.^[5]

It is believed that Kim is an illegitimate son of North Korea's founder, Kim Il Sung, and his then-mistress Kim Ok, who was a musician at the time of his birth.^[6] Kim Ok would later serve as secretary and mistress to Kim Il Sung's son, Kim Jong Il.

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kim Kyong-Jin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
2. "2008 Asian Championships – Jeju City, South Korea". Judo Inside. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
3. "2009 Asian Championships – Taipei, Taiwan". Judo Inside. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
4. "Men's Extra Lightweight (60kg/132 lbs) Preliminaries". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
5. "Men's Extra Lightweight (60kg/132 lbs) Repechage". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
6. Oberdorfer, Don; Carlin, Robert (2014). The Two Koreas: A Contemporary History. Basic Books. pp. 250–251. ISBN 9780465031238.

External links

• Kim Kyong-jin at JudoInside.com
• NBC Olympics Profile