Kim Won-jin (judoka) explained

Kim Won-jin
Native Name:	김원진
Birth Date:	1 May 1992
Birth Place:	Cheorwon, South Korea
Height:	170 cm
Weight Class:	60 kg
Worlds Rank:	3
Worlds Year:	2013
Worlds Weight:	Men's 60 kg
Worlds Year2:	2015
Worlds Weight2:	Men's 60 kg
Regionals Type:	AS
Regionals Rank:	1
Regionals Year:	2015
Olympics Rank:	5
Olympics Year:	2020
Olympics Weight:	Men's 60 kg
Updated:	24 September 2023

Kim Won-Jin (born 1 May 1992) is a South Korean judoka.^[1] He is a two-time World Championship bronze medalist and won a gold medal at the 2015 Asian Judo Championships.

On 8 February 2016, after winning bronze at the Grand Slam Paris Kim reached world no.1 in the men's 60 kg world rankings,^[2] holding the top spot until the 2016 Summer Olympics where he was eliminated in the quarterfinals.

In 2021, Kim won the gold medal in his event at the 2021 Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.^[3]

Competitive Record

Judo Record^[4]
Total	109
Wins	82
by Ippon	37
Losses	27
by Ippon	14

(as of 19 February 2016)

Achievements

2009

Asian U20 Championships −55 kg, Beirut

2010

World Cup −60 kg, Rome

2011

Summer Universiade −60 kg, Shenzhen

World Cup −60 kg, Ulan Bator

2012

Grand Slam −60 kg, Paris

World Cup −60 kg, Ulan Bator

World Cup −60 kg, Jeju

East Asian Games −60 kg, Gochang

World Cup −60 kg, Oberwart

2013

Asian Championships −60 kg, Bangkok

Summer Universiade Team event, Kazan

Summer Universiade −60 kg, Kazan

World Championships −60 kg, Rio de Janeiro

Notes and References

Web site: Won-Jin Kim. 2013-08-26. dead. https://archive.today/20130826212716/http://kazan2013.ru/hide/en/-240/Participant/ParticipantInfo/428f4343-d69f-436a-bd40-38764fb635b3/. 2013-08-26.
Web site: IJF World Rankings 8 Feb 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160216074240/http://www.intjudo.eu/upload/2016_02/08/145492815470128227/ijf_sen_wrl_2016_02_08.pdf. 16 February 2016. dead. dmy-all.
Web site: 2021 Judo World Masters. 11 January 2021. International Judo Federation.
Web site: Kim Wonjin: Statistics.