Kim Ryon-mi (Korean: 김련미; born February 8, 1983) is a North Korean judoka, who competed in the women's middleweight category.[1] She captured two silver medals in the 70-kg division at the Asian Judo Championships (2004 and 2005), and finished seventh at the 2004 Summer Olympics, representing her nation North Korea.[2]

Kim Ryon-mi
Personal information
Full nameKim Ryon-mi
Nationality North Korea
Born (1983-02-08) 8 February 1983 (age 41)
Height1.69 m (5 ft 6+12 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
SportJudo
Event70 kg
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl
김련미
Revised RomanizationGim Yeonmi
McCune–ReischauerKim Ryŏnmi
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  North Korea
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2004 Almaty 70 kg
Silver medal – second place 2005 Tashkent 70 kg

Kim qualified for the North Korean squad in the women's middleweight class (70 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by placing second and receiving a berth from the Asian Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan.[2] She easily thwarted Angola's Antonia Moreira with an earth-shattering ippon in her opening match, before succumbed to a similar tactic and an sumi gaeshi (corner reversal) hold from Australia's Catherine Arlove. In the repechage round, Kim chased Czech judoka and two-time Olympian Andrea Pažoutová with a sensational ōuchi gari (big inner reap) throw to score a waza-ari (half point) within a five-minute limit, but her rigid form was not enough to combat Belgium's Catherine Jacques in their subsequent match, relegating Kim into the seventh position.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kim Ryon-mi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Ten Best Players in 2004 Selected in DPRK". Korean Central News Agency. 10 January 2005. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Judo: Women's Middleweight (70kg/154 lbs) Repechage Round 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Judistka Pažoutová skončila devátá" [Judoka Pažoutová finished ninth] (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
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