Kim Sung-bum

Kim Sung-Bum (also Kim Seong-Beom, Korean: 김 성범; born May 30, 1979) is a South Korean judoka, who competed in the men's heavyweight category.[1] He is a two-time Olympian, and four-time medalist at the Asian Judo Championships. He defeated Iran's Mahmoud Miran for the gold medal in the open weight division at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar.[2] Kim also captured two more medals (gold and bronze) for the same division at the 2003 Summer Universiade in Jeju City, and at the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand.[3]

Kim Sung-Bum

Personal information
Nationality	South Korea
Born	(1979-05-30) 30 May 1979
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Weight	118 kg (260 lb)
Sport
Sport	Judo
Event(s)	+100 kg
Club	Korea Racing Association
Coached by	An Byung-Geun
Medal record Men's judo Representing  South Korea Asian Games 2006 Doha Open Universiade 2007 Bangkok +100 kg 2003 Daegu +100 kg Asian Championships 2004 Almaty +100 kg 2003 Jeju City +100 kg 2007 Kuwait City +100 kg 2008 Jeju City +100 kg

Kim made his official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he competed for the men's heavyweight class (+100 kg). He defeated Spain's Aytami Ruano in the first preliminary round, before losing out his next match by a waza-ari-awasete-ippon (full point) and a soto makikomi (outer wraparound) to Italy's Paolo Bianchessi. Kim took advantage of the repechage rounds by defeating Ukraine's Vitaliy Polyanskyy, but lost again in the second bout this time to Netherlands' Dennis van der Geest, who successfully scored an ippon and an ōuchi gari (big inner reap), at two minutes and five seconds.[4]

Four years later, Kim qualified for the second time in the men's +100 kg class, as a 29-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after winning the bronze medal from the Asian Judo Championships in Jeju City.[5] Unlike his previous Olympics, Kim defeated Haiti's Joel Brutus in the first preliminary round, before losing out his next match, by an ippon and a seoi nage, to Estonia's Martin Padar.[6]