To Kum-ae

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Korean spelling
Chosŏn'gŭl 안금 애
Hancha 安 琴 愛
Revised
Romanization 		To Geum-ae
McCune-
Reischauer 		To Kŭmae

An Kum-ae (born June 3, 1980 in Pyongyang , North Korea ) is a North Korean judoka .

An Kum-ae (also spelled: An Kum Ae) lives in Pyongyang , North Korea . At the 2005 World Championships she won the bronze medal in the half-light weight (52 kg) against Lyudmila Bogdanova from Russia. In 2006 she finished 2nd at the Asian Games in Mongolia against Mönchbaataryn Bundmaa from Mongolia. At the 2007 World Cup she took 3rd place. In 2008 she won the silver medal against Xian Dongmei from the People's Republic of China in the final of the Olympic Games in Beijing .

They won at the Olympic Games in London the first gold medal of these Olympics in 2012. North Korea against Yanet Bermoy of Cuba . This was the 11th gold medal in history for North Korea at the Olympic Games, see list of Olympic medal winners from North Korea .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Judo: An Kum Ae brings judo gold for North Korea. In: Focus Online , July 29, 2012.
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. An is the family name here, Kum-ae is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME On, Kum-ae
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 안금 애 (Hangeul); 安 琴 愛 (Hanja); To Kum Ae
BRIEF DESCRIPTION North Korean judoka
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd June 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Pyongyang , North Korea