Kim Jin-a

Korean spelling
Chosŏn'gŭl	김진아
Revised Romanization	Gim Jin-a
McCune- Reischauer	Kim China
See also : Korean name

Kim Jin-A (born August 20, 1996 ) is a North Korean judoka .

Kim Jin-A was the 2011 U17 Asian champion in the weight class up to 44 kilograms. In 2013 she won the Asian youth games and the U18 Asian Championships in the weight category up to 52 kilograms. In 2015 she was second in the U21 Asian Championships in the weight class up to 63 kilograms.

From 2018 she competed in the lightweight, the weight class up to 57 kilograms. At the Asian Games in Jakarta in 2018 , she reached the final and received silver behind the Japanese Momo Tamaoki . At the 2018 World Championships in Budapest, she was eliminated in her second fight against Miryam Roper from Panama. In the team competition she won a bronze medal with the joint Korean team. In April 2019 she won the Asian Championships in Fujairah. Later in 2019 she won the Grand Prix tournament in Hohhot, the Grand Slam tournament in Abu Dhabi and the Masters tournament in Qingdao.

Web links

• Tournament results at judoinside.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Match balance at judoinside.com

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, Jin-a is the first name.