Kim Mi-Jung
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- This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.
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 Kim Mi-Jung |
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| Women's judo | |||
Competitor for  South Korea |
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| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 1992 Barcelona | Half Heavyweight | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 1991 Barcelona | -72 kg | |
| Bronze | 1993 Hamilton | -72 kg | |
| Asian Games | |||
| Bronze | 1990 Beijing | -72 kg | |
| Gold | 1994 Hiroshima | -72 kg | |
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Kim Mi-Jung (born March 29, 1972 in Masan, Gyeongsangnam-do) is a retired female South Korean judoka. She was a shot putter in high school but changed to be a judoka at the age of 17, and in a year Kim was selected to be a member of the South Korean national judo team in 1989.
Next year, Kim won bronze at the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing, and in 1991 she became her first world champion in the 72kg division at the World Championships in Barcelona.
At the 1992 Summer Olympics she finally won the Olympic gold medal in the women's Half Heavyweight (-72 kg) category.
Kim retired from competitive judo after winning the Asian Game gold medal in 1994. She has been serving as a judo coach and professor for Yong-In University, South Korea.
