Kim In-sub

Korean spelling
Hangeul	김인섭
Revised Romanization	Gim In-seop
McCune- Reischauer	Kim Insŏp
See also : Korean name

Kim In-sub (born March 2, 1973 in Daegu , South Korea ) is a South Korean wrestler . He was world champion in 1998 and 1999 and won a silver medal at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, each in Greco-Roman style in bantamweight .

Career

Kim In-sub started wrestling as a teenager in his hometown of Deagu in 1988. He concentrated on the Greco-Roman style. He was an employee of the Samsung insurance company in Deagu and also belonged to the wrestling club of this company. He was mainly trained by An Han-young.

On the international wrestling mat, Kim In-sub is a late starter, because he only took part in his first international championship, the 1997 Asian championship in Sari / Iran , at the age of 24 . He came in bantamweight behind Yuri Melnichenko from Kazakhstan on the 2nd place. He took the same place in a World Cup tournament in November 1997 in Tehran in the bantamweight category behind Rafik Simonjan from Russia and before Dilschod Aripow from Uzbekistan .

In 1998 he made his debut at the world championships in Gävle and immediately won the world bantamweight title with victories over Sarkis Elgkian, Greece , Constanrin Borascu, Romania , Shamsiddin Xudoyberdiyev , Uzbekistan, Juri Melnitschenko and Sheng Zetiang , China . In 1998 he was also the winner of the Asian Games in Bangkok , where he won against Asliddin Xudoyberdiyev , Uzbekistan and Sheng Zetiang.

In 1999 Kim In-sub was Asian bantamweight champion in Tashkent ahead of Yuri Melnichenko and Dilschod Aripow. He then managed to defend his 1998 world championship in Athens . He also defeated Jairo Alvarado, Venezuela , Valeri Nikonorow, Russia, Karen Mnazakanjan , Armenia , Dilschod Aripow, Igor Petrenko , Belarus and Yuri Melnichenko.

With the Olympic Games 2000 in Sydney he defeated bantamweight Yuriy Melnichenko, Disc Hold Aripow, Ali Ashkani Agboloag , Iran and Sheng Zetiang and stood in the battle for the gold medal to the Olympic champion from 1996 in the flyweight and multiple world champion Armen Nazaryan , one for Bulgaria starting Armenians , across from. Against this he kept the fight open for a long time and even won the first round, but finally had to admit defeat and be satisfied with the silver medal.

2001 Kim In-sub won the East Asian Games in Osaka in featherweight before Nurlan Koischeiganow from Kazakhstan. He also started in the same weight class at the 2001 World Cup , where he won over Dimitri Monastirski, Ukraine , Masaki Imuro, Japan, Eduard Alpevich, Belarus and Michael Beilin , Israel . In the final, however, he had to admit defeat to Waghinak Galstjan from Armenia and became vice world champion.

In 2002 he won the Asian Games in Busan in the lightweight before Daniar Kobonow from Kyrgyzstan and Kim Yun-Mo, North Korea . He was not at the start at this year's World Cup. But he was back at the 2003 World Cup in Créteil , where he won over Kevin Bracken, United States , Hovhannes Kurghinjan, Netherlands and Bachodir Kurbanow, Uzbekistan. But then he lost to Levente Füredy from Hungary , retired and took 6th place in the final bill.

In April 2004 Kim In-sub was again Asian lightweight champion in Alma-Ata , relegating Roman Meleschin, Kazakhstan and Masaki Izena from Japan to the places. In August 2004 he took part in the Olympic Games in Athens again. He won there in the lightweight over Levente Füredy and Nikolai Gergow from Bulgaria. Then he lost to Jimmy Samuelsson from Sweden . The next fight he should deny against Parviz Zaidvand from Iran. All we know of is that this fight did not take place because both wrestlers, Kim In-sub and Zaidvand, were disqualified for violating the rules of the International Wrestling Federation (FILA). Both wrestlers were also completely removed from the rating. With this unsightly result, Kim In-sub's international wrestling career ended.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
1997	2.	Asian Championship in Sari / Iran	Bantam	behind Yuri Melnichenko, Kazakhstan, in front of Mehdi Nassiri, Iran
1997	2.	World Cup in Tehran	Bantam	behind Rafik Simonjan, Russia, in front of Dilschod Aripow, Uzbekistan
1998	1.	World Cup in Gävle	Bantam	after victories over Sarkis Elgkian, Greece, Constanrin Borascu, Romania, Shamsiddin Xudoyberdiyev , Uzbekistan, Yuri Melnichenko and Shen Zetiang, China
1998	1.	Asia Games in Bangkok	Bantam	before Asliddin Xudoyberdiyev , Uzbekistan and Sheng Zetiang
1999	1.	Asian Championship in Tashkent	Bantam	before Yuri Melnichenko and Dilschod Aripow
1999	1.	World Cup in Athens	Bantam	after victories over Jairo Alvarado, Venezuela, Valeri Nikonorow, Russia, Karen Mnazakanjan, Armenia, Dilschod Aripow, Igor Petrenko, Belarus and Yuri Melnichenko
2000	silver	OS in Sydney	Bantam	after victories over Juri Melnichenko, Dilschod Aripow, Ali Ashkani Agboloag, Iran and Sheng Zetiang and a defeat against Armen Nazarjan, Bulgaria
2001	1.	East Asia Games in Osaka	feather	before Nurlan Koischeiganow, Kazakhstan and Yi Shanjun, China
2001	2.	World Cup in Patras	feather	after victories over Dimitri Monastirski, Ukraine, Masaki Imuro, Japan, Eduard Alpevich, Belarus and Michael Beilin, Israel and a defeat against Waghinak Galstjan, Armenia
2002	1.	Asia Games in Busan	Light	before Daniar Kobonow, Kyrgyzstan and Kim Yun-Mo, North Korea
2003	6th	World Cup in Créteil	Light	after victories over Kevin Bracken, USA, Hovhannes Kurghinjan, Netherlands and Bachodir Kurbanow, Uzbekistan and a defeat against Levente Füredy, Hungary
2003	2.	Asian Cup in Alma Ata	Light	behind Ali Ashkani Agboloag and in front of Bachodir Kurbanow
2004	1.	Asian Championship in Alma-Ata	Light	before Roman Meleschin, Kazakhstan and Masaki Izena, Japan
2004	unpl.	OS in Athens	Light	after victories over Levente Füredy and Nikolai Gergow, Bulgaria and a defeat against Jimmy Samuelsson, Sweden, disqualification together with his next opponent Parviz Zaidvand, Iran and removal from the rating

Explanations

• all competitions in Greco-Roman style
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship
• Bantamweight, until 2001 up to 58 kg, since 2002 up to 55 kg, featherweight until 2001 up to 63 kg, since 2002 up to 60 kg, lightweight, until 2001 up to 69 kg, since 2002 up to 66 kg body weight

swell

• Trade journal Der Ringer
• "Foeldeak Wrestling Database" website

Web links

• Kim In-sub in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Fight for the Olympic gold medal between Kim In-sub (red) against Armen Nazarjan (blue) in 2000

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Kim is the family name here, In-sub is the first name.