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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
 
Jonghoon Kim 2 0 0
Mimi Huh 1 2 1
Min-Jong Kim 1 2 1
Hyeonji Lee 1 1 2
Hye-Kyeong Lee 1 1 2
Judoka Mimi Huh
Last results
Judo event Type Place Date
1 Sambo World Combat Championships CheongJu SWCh CheongJu 8 Nov 2019
2 Sambo World 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 Combat Championships CheongJu
Type SWCh
Place CheongJu
Date 8 Nov 2019
2.
Judo event Sambo World 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 Yejun Yeo 7 Feb 2002 23 years
2 Ochan Gwon 9 Feb 2001 24 years
3 Jung Hoon Kim 9 Feb 1987 38 years
4 Hoemin Jeong 10 Feb 1992 33 years
5 Jung-Han Song 10 Feb 1990 35 years
1.
Name Yejun Yeo
Birthdate 7 Feb 2002
Age 23
2.
Name Ochan Gwon
Birthdate 9 Feb 2001
Age 24
3.
Name Jung Hoon Kim
Birthdate 9 Feb 1987
Age 38
4.
Name Hoemin Jeong
Birthdate 10 Feb 1992
Age 33
5.
Name Jung-Han Song
Birthdate 10 Feb 1990
Age 35
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