Kim Jae-bum

Kim Jae-bum medal table
Kim Jae-bum
Judo
South Korea
Olympic games
gold	2012 London	up to 81 kg
silver	2008 Beijing	up to 81 kg
World championships
gold	2010 Tokyo	up to 81 kg
gold	2011 Paris	up to 81 kg
bronze	2009 Rotterdam	up to 81 kg
Asian Championships
gold	2005 Tashkent	up to 73 kg
gold	2008 Jeju	up to 81 kg
gold	2009 Taipei	up to 81 kg
gold	2011 Abu Dhabi	up to 81 kg
gold	2012 Tashkent	up to 81 kg
Asian Games
gold	2010 Guangzhou	up to 81 kg

Kim Jae-bum ( Korean 김재범 ; born January 25, 1985 in Gimcheon , Gyeongsangbuk-do ) is a former South Korean judoka .

Athletic career

At the Olympic judo tournament in Beijing in 2008, Kim lost in the final in the light middleweight (class up to 81 kg) to the German judoka Ole Bischof by a foot technique (small inner sickle). During the following Olympics, Kim developed into the dominant judoka in his weight class: At the 2009 World Championships in Rotterdam , he achieved the bronze medal. In 2010 in Tokyo and 2011 in Paris he won the world championship title. At the 2012 Olympic Judo Tournament in London , the Beijing finals were relaunched, this time with Kim getting the upper hand.

On May 1, 2016, he announced the end of his career.

Web links

Commons : Kim Jae-Bum  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Competition videos Kim Jae-bum
• Kim Jae-bum on Judoinside (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Judo Inside - News - Olympic judo champion Kim Jae-bum Announces retirement. Retrieved January 22, 2020 . 

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, Jae-bum is the first name.