KIM Seongyeon

Republic of Korea

Date of Birth: 16 Apr 1991

Age: 30

Gender: Female

Place of birth: SUNCHEON

Birth Country:

Republic of Korea

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Judo	Women -70 kg	9
	Mixed Team KOR Republic of Korea	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
Followed by	Nippon Budokan Judo Mat 1	Women -70 kg Elimination Round of 32 #6 KOR KIM SKIM Seongyeon 10 IPP CMR ARREY SOPHINA AOARREY SOPHINA Ayuk Otay 0s1	Finished
Followed by	Nippon Budokan Judo Mat 1	Women -70 kg Elimination Round of 16 #16 AUT POLLERES MPOLLERES Michaela 1s2 WAZ KOR KIM SKIM Seongyeon 0s1	Finished
Followed by	Nippon Budokan Judo Mat 1	Mixed Team Elimination Round of 16 #2 MGL Mongolia 4 KOR Republic of Korea 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	-70 kg
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	9

World Championships

Year	Location	-70 kg	Team X
2021	Budapest, HUN	9	5
2017	Budapest, HUN	9	3
2015	Astana, KAZ	9	5
2013	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	3	-

Asian Games

Year	Location	-70 kg	Team X
2018	Indonesia	2	3

Asia-Oceania Championships

Year	Location	-70 kg	Team X
2021	Bishkek, KGZ	2	1

Asian Championships

Year	Location	-70 kg
2017	Hong Kong, CHN	2

World Masters

Year	Location	-70 kg
2021	Doha, QAT	7
2019	Qingdao, CHN	17
2017	St. Petersburg, RUS	9

Grand Slam - Tally of rank achieved per season and event since 2017

Year	Event	1st	2nd	3rd	5th	7th	9th	16th	17th	30th-33rd
2021	-70 kg	-	-	-	-	-	1x	-	1x	-
2020	-70 kg	-	-	-	1x	-	-	-	-	1x
2019	-70 kg	-	-	-	1x	-	1x	-	1x	-
2018	-70 kg	-	-	-	-	-	1x	-	-	-
2017	-70 kg	-	-	-	-	-	1x	-	-	-

Grand Prix - Tally of rank achieved per season and event since 2017

Year	Event	1st	2nd	3rd	5th	7th	8th	9th	10th	15th-33rd
2020	-70 kg	-	1x	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-70 kg	-	-	1x	-	-	-	1x	-	-
2018	-70 kg	-	-	-	-	-	-	1x	-	-
2017	-70 kg	-	1x	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Grand Slam, Grand Prix & World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
2	2020	-70 kg	Grand Prix	Tel Aviv, ISR
2	2017	-70 kg	Grand Prix	Hohhot, CHN
3	2019	-70 kg	Grand Prix	Montreal, FRA
5	2020	-70 kg	Grand Slam	Dusseldorf, GER
5	2019	-70 kg	Grand Slam	Dusseldorf, GER
9	2021	-70 kg	Grand Slam	Kazan, RUS
9	2019	-70 kg	Grand Slam	Paris, FRA
9	2019	-70 kg	Grand Prix	Tashkent, UZB
9	2018	-70 kg	Grand Slam	Paris, FRA
9	2018	-70 kg	Grand Prix	Hohhot, CHN
9	2017	-70 kg	Grand Slam	Tokyo, JPN

Rock Lee [some of her supporters think she looks like one of the characters from the Japanese animated television series 'Naruto']. (mfight.co.kr, 05 Jan 2017)

Watching films, listening to music, playing smartphone games. (My Lime Naver blog, 22 Feb 2021)

Occupation:

Yong In University , Republic of Korea

Languages spoken:

Gwangju Metropolitan Transit Corporation [Republic of Korea]

Shin Dae Chul [club], KOR; Bae Sang-Il [national], KOR

She got involved in judo at age eight in grade two of primary school in Suncheon, Republic of Korea. She had also taken part in taekwondo before beginning judo. (enews.gwangju.go.kr, 01 Jul 2015; issuu.com, 26 Jun 2015; My Lime Naver blog, 22 Feb 2021)

Her mother encouraged her to take up the sport when she joined a new school. "When my mother was doing some paperwork to transfer me to a new school in their office, I couldn't sit still next to her, I was kicking my legs. Someone told her the school was about to start a judo team, so she suggested the sport to me." (tenasia.hankyung.com, 03 Feb 2016; My Lime Naver blog, 22 Feb 2021)

To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. After retiring from competitive judo, she would like to become a coach. (My Lime Naver blog, 22 Feb 2021)

Winning gold in the 70kg category at the 2016 Grand Slam event in Paris, France, after defeating the world number one in the quarterfinals. (My Lime Naver blog, 22 Feb 2021)

Korean judoka Cho Guham. (My Lime Naver blog, 22 Feb 2021)

Her mother, and the rest of her family. (My Lime Naver blog, 22 Feb 2021)

Philosophy:

"I've always competed so fiercely, so now I want to live a little bit outside of competition. I've met so many good people so far, and I've shared experiences with a lot of them, so I want to live by giving, even if it's just a little bit." (My Lime Naver blog, 22 Feb 2021)

In 2016 she received an Excellence Award from the Korea Judo Association. (kwangju.co.kr, 07 Feb 2017)

General Interest

Belt grade
Black belt - III. DAN (IJF, 15 Jul 2016)

Preferred techniques
Seoi-nage (IJF, 17 Jul 2016)

General
RETIREMENT THOUGHTS
She said she considered retiring from international judo after losing in her opening match at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. "I felt a great loss and a lot of disappointment, so the rumours about me thinking of retiring from the national team were true. I prepared really hard for the 2016 Olympic Games, but at the event I was really nervous, I couldn't use the style or technique I wanted at all in the match. Afterwards I cried for a long time and I really didn't want to do judo anymore. Taking the mistakes of that day as a lesson, I want to do the best I can to perform well at the Tokyo Olympic Games." (My Lime Naver blog, 22 Feb 2021)

FURTHER EDUCATION
She has studied for a postgraduate degree at Chosun University in the Republic of Korea. (chosun.ac.kr, 2015)

CHILD ACTRESS
She was a child actress, featuring in television commercials when she was young. (news.mk.co.kr, 03 Feb 2016)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
IPP:: Ippon
WAZ:: Waza-Ari

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