South Korea

1515 avg ELO #6 worldwide

856 athletes · 776 rated · 11511 matches

🥇 436 🥈 349 🥉 634 Total 1419

Olympic gold medalists

Athletes who won Olympic judo gold for this nation.

KIM Jae-Bum 2012 · Men -81 kg 1354 SONG Daenam 2012 · Men -90 kg 1326 CHOI Min-Ho 2008 · Men -60 kg 1221 LEE Won Hee 2004 · Men -73 kg 1082 CHO Min-Sun 1996 · Women -66 kg JEON Ki Young 1996 · Men -86 kg KIM Mi Jung 1992 · Women -72 kg 984 KIM Jae-Yup 1988 · Men -60 kg LEE Kyung-Keun 1988 · Men -65 kg AHN Byung-Keun 1984 · Men -71 kg HA Hyoung-Zoo 1984 · Men -95 kg

Podium medals by year

Stacked bars — height is total podiums; colours show gold, silver, and bronze mix. · 2009–2026

Bronze Silver Gold

Top 10 currently active by ELO

Match in 2025–2026 · 268 active rated athletes

1 KIM Jonghoon 9 results · 133 matches 1534 2 LEE Joonhwan 20 results · 89 matches 1526 3 HUH Mimi 16 results · 131 matches 1431 4 KIM Jisu 19 results · 131 matches 1420 5 KIM Channyeong 11 results · 166 matches 1400 6 LEE Hyeonji 13 results · 134 matches 1380 7 KIM Minjong 28 results · 100 matches 1359 8 SONG Minki 6 results · 60 matches 1342 9 LEE Seungyeob 9 results · 83 matches 1327 10 LEE Harim 27 results · 199 matches 1321

All-time top athletes by ELO

Showing top 50 of 776 rated athletes (all years)

1 AN Changrim 27 results · 147 matches 1604 2 KIM Jonghoon 9 results · 133 matches 1534 3 LEE Joonhwan 20 results · 89 matches 1526 4 CHO Guham 31 results · 134 matches 1460 5 WANG Ki-chun 29 results · 127 matches 1452 6 HUH Mimi 16 results · 131 matches 1431 7 KIM Jisu 19 results · 131 matches 1420 8 KIM Channyeong 11 results · 166 matches 1400 9 BANG Gui-Man 15 results · 73 matches 1400 10 AN Baul 38 results · 179 matches 1381 11 LEE Hyeonji 13 results · 134 matches 1380 12 KIM Won Jin 43 results · 205 matches 1360 13 KIM Minjong 28 results · 100 matches 1359 14 KIM Jae-Bum 31 results · 119 matches 1354 15 SONG Minki 6 results · 60 matches 1342 16 JEONG Bokyeong 44 results · 153 matches 1333 17 LEE Seungyeob 9 results · 83 matches 1327 18 KIM Limhwan 14 results · 90 matches 1326 19 SONG Daenam 15 results · 60 matches 1326 20 LEE Harim 27 results · 199 matches 1321 21 JEONG Gyeong-Mi 35 results · 101 matches 1310 22 CHO Jun-ho 18 results · 88 matches 1307 23 HWANG Hee-Tae 22 results · 91 matches 1305 24 KIM Sungmin 47 results · 192 matches 1288 25 JANG Seyun 13 results · 120 matches 1282 26 KIM Hayun 33 results · 179 matches 1272 27 CHOI Gwang-Hyeon 19 results · 70 matches 1272 28 GWAK Donghan 37 results · 183 matches 1268 29 KWON Youjeong 13 results · 50 matches 1267 30 LEE Moon Jin 5 results · 36 matches 1264 31 LEE Eunkyul 5 results · 64 matches 1260 32 KIM Minjeong 35 results · 82 matches 1247 33 PARK Da-Sol 22 results · 91 matches 1241 34 HWANG Ye-sul 37 results · 97 matches 1240 35 LEE Seungsu 15 results · 96 matches 1237 36 LEE Sungho 12 results · 82 matches 1228 37 KIM Seongyeon 33 results · 94 matches 1227 38 LEE Hongkyu 4 results · 31 matches 1221 39 PARK Heewon 3 results · 24 matches 1221 40 CHOI Min-Ho 8 results · 48 matches 1221 41 YOON Hyunji 24 results · 71 matches 1212 42 LEE Kyu-won 18 results · 87 matches 1209 43 LEE Hyekyeong 12 results · 68 matches 1203 44 RYU Seunghwan 2 results · 23 matches 1202 45 HONG Suk Woong 16 results · 88 matches 1200 46 KIM Joo-jin 9 results · 58 matches 1200 47 OH Sangwoo 1 results · 15 matches 1199 48 KIM Won Jung 7 results · 35 matches 1196 49 YANG Jihyuk 1 results · 15 matches 1195 50 KIM Minju 7 results · 64 matches 1194

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