Kim Seong-jip
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's weightlifting | ||
Competitor for  South Korea
| ||
| Olympic Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1948 London | Middleweight |
| | 1952 Helsinki | Middleweight |
| World Championships | ||
| | 1947 Philadelphia | Middleweight |
| Asian Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1954 Manila | Light-Heavyweight |
| Kim Seong-jip | |
| Hangul | 김성집 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 金晟集 |
| Revised Romanization | Gim Seongjip |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Sŏngjip |
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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