Kim Jae-Yup (born 17 May 1965) is a South Korean retired judoka.
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| Born | 17 May 1965 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hangul | 김재엽 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanja | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Kim Jae-yeob | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Chae-yŏp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | –60 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic Games |  (1988) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Champ. | 
(1987) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Asian Champ. | 
(1986) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| IJF | 53634 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| JudoInside.com | 6093 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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At the age of 19, Kim became runner-up in the extra-lightweight (60 kg) division in the 1984 Summer Olympics, losing to Shinji Hosokawa of Japan, who was the resigning world champion, by ippon.
History
editBut three years later, Kim went up against Hosokawa in the final again at the World Championship held in Essen, Germany, and avenged the loss, beating by ippon.
In the 1988 Seoul Olympics, Kim finally captured an Olympic gold medal by defeating Kevin Asano of the United States, dominating all the matches without allowing any single point.
He currently serves as a full-time professor at Dong Seoul College in South Korea.
External links
edit- Kim Jae-yup at the International Judo Federation
- Kim Jae-yup at JudoInside.com
- Kim Jae-yup at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Kim Jae-yup at Olympics.com
- Kim Jae-yup at Olympedia
- Kim Jae-yup at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Kim Jae-yup at The-Sports.org
- Kim Jae-yup at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
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