Kim Seong-jip

Kim Seong-jip
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Competitor for  South Korea
Olympic Games
Bronze 1948 London Middleweight
Bronze 1952 Helsinki Middleweight
World Championships
Bronze 1947 Philadelphia Middleweight
Asian Games
Gold 1954 Manila Light-Heavyweight
Kim Seong-jip
Hangul 김성집
Hanja 金晟集
Revised Romanization Gim Seongjip
McCune–Reischauer Kim Sŏngjip
This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.

Kim Seong-jip (born 13 January 1919) is a former weightlifter from South Korea.

He competed for South Korea in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, United Kingdom in the flyweight event where he finished in third place. Also, he competed for South Korea in the 1952 Summer Olympics, 1956 Summer Olympics where he finished in third and fifth respectively.

He is the first person to win a consecutive medal at the Summer Olympics for South Korea.

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