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Judo is very popular in South Korea and since the 2012 Olympic Games in Rio Korea won two god medals by Kim JaeBum and Song Dae-Nam. For Korea Kim Jae-Bum was both Olympic finallist in 2008 and 2012 and was former World Champion for Korea. In the Judo history of Korea they won 11 gold medals. One of the best judoka of South Korea is Jeon Ki-Young who won the Olympic title in 1996. Won-Hee Lee won Olympic gold for Korea in 2004 in Athens and is women’s coach. Current World Champion is Ba-Ul An and Gwak Dong-Han. An BaUl reached the Olympic final in 2016.
Judo legends
Judoka
 
Jae-Bum Kim 11 2 1
Min-Sun Cho 4 1 8
Sung-Sook Jung 7 0 4
Ki-Young Jeon 5 0 1
Hyung-Yoo Ha 4 3 2
Last 365 days of judo
Judoka
 
Mimi Huh 3 0 1
Joonhwan Lee 3 0 0
Hayun Kim 2 0 3
Won Jin Kim 1 2 0
Ha-Rim Lee 1 0 3
Judoka Mimi Huh
Last results
Judo event Type Place Date
1 Sambo World Championships CheongJu SWCh CheongJu 8 Nov 2019
2 Sambo World Combat Championships CheongJu SWCh CheongJu 8 Nov 2019
3 Grand Prix Jeju GP Jeju 26 Nov 2015
4 World Military Games Mungyeong WMG Mungyeong 5 Oct 2015
5 World Military Games Teams Mungyeong WMG Mungyeong 3 Oct 2015
1.
Judo event Sambo World Championships CheongJu
Type SWCh
Place CheongJu
Date 8 Nov 2019
2.
Judo event Sambo World Combat Championships CheongJu
Type SWCh
Place CheongJu
Date 8 Nov 2019
3.
Judo event Grand Prix Jeju
Type GP
Place Jeju
Date 26 Nov 2015
4.
Judo event World Military Games Mungyeong
Type WMG
Place Mungyeong
Date 5 Oct 2015
5.
Judo event World Military Games Teams Mungyeong
Type WMG
Place Mungyeong
Date 3 Oct 2015
Birthdays
Name Birthdate Age
1 In-gun Hwang 22 Mar 1993 30 years
2 Jin-Su Kang 22 Mar 1989 34 years
3 Seon-Young Kim 23 Mar 1979 44 years
4 Hun-Tae Kim 23 Mar 1971 52 years
5 Hyeonho Choi 24 Mar 1998 25 years
1.
Name In-gun Hwang
Birthdate 22 Mar 1993
Age 30
2.
Name Jin-Su Kang
Birthdate 22 Mar 1989
Age 34
3.
Name Seon-Young Kim
Birthdate 23 Mar 1979
Age 44
4.
Name Hun-Tae Kim
Birthdate 23 Mar 1971
Age 52
5.
Name Hyeonho Choi
Birthdate 24 Mar 1998
Age 25
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