Kim Jae-yup

Personal information
Born	(1965-05-17) 17 May 1965 (age 59)
Occupation	Judoka
Korean name
Hangul	김재엽
Hanja	金載燁
Revised Romanization	Kim Jae-yeob
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Chae-yŏp
Sport
Country	South Korea
Sport	Judo
Weight class	–‍60 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games	(1988)
World Champ.	(1987)
Asian Champ.	(1986)
Medal record Men's judo Representing  South Korea Olympic Games 1988 Seoul ‍–‍60 kg 1984 Los Angeles ‍–‍60 kg World Championships 1987 Essen ‍–‍60 kg Asian Games 1986 Seoul ‍–‍60 kg Asian Championships 1988 Damascus ‍–‍60 kg World Juniors Championships 1983 Mayaguez ‍–‍60 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF	53634
JudoInside.com	6093
Updated on 6 June 2023

Kim Jae-Yup (born 17 May 1965) is a South Korean retired judoka.

At the age of 19, Kim became runner-up in the extra-lightweight (60 kg) division in the 1984 Summer Olympics, losing to Shinji Hosokawa of Japan, who was the resigning world champion, by ippon.

But three years later, Kim went up against Hosokawa in the final again at the World Championship held in Essen, Germany, and avenged the loss, beating by ippon.

In the 1988 Seoul Olympics, Kim finally captured an Olympic gold medal by defeating Kevin Asano of the United States, dominating all the matches without allowing any single point.

He currently serves as a full-time professor at Dong Seoul College in South Korea.

• Kim Jae-yup at the International Judo Federation
• Kim Jae-yup at JudoInside.com
• Kim Jae-yup at AllJudo.net (in French)
• Kim Jae-yup at Olympics.com
• Kim Jae-yup at Olympedia
• Kim Jae-yup at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Kim Jae-yup at The-Sports.org
• Kim Jae-yup at databaseOlympics.com (archived)