Kim Jae-yup

Kim Jae-yup
Personal information
Born (1965-05-17) 17 May 1965 (age 58)
OccupationJudoka
Korean name
Hangul
김재엽
Hanja
Revised RomanizationKim Jae-yeob
McCune–ReischauerKim Chae-yŏp
Sport
CountrySouth Korea
SportJudo
Weight class–‍60 kg
Achievements and titles
World Champ.Gold (1987)
Asian Champ.Gold (1986)
Olympic GamesGold (1988)
Profile at external databases
IJF53634
JudoInside.com6093
Updated on 6 June 2023.

Kim Jae-Yup (born 17 May 1965) is a South Korean retired judoka.

At the age of 19, Kim became runner-up in the extra-lightweight (60 kg) division in the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984 LA Olympics, losing to Shinji Hosokawa of Japan, who was the resigning world champion, by ippon.

History

But 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.

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