South Korea

1545 avg ELO #7 worldwide

857 athletes · 777 rated · 12785 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 · 269 active rated athletes

1 KIM Jonghoon 9 results · 173 matches 1606 2 LEE Joonhwan 20 results · 105 matches 1575 3 KIM Jisu 19 results · 151 matches 1480 4 HUH Mimi 16 results · 149 matches 1454 5 KIM Channyeong 11 results · 208 matches 1438 6 LEE Hyeonji 13 results · 171 matches 1416 7 SONG Minki 6 results · 75 matches 1391 8 KIM Minjong 28 results · 111 matches 1383 9 LEE Harim 27 results · 225 matches 1359 10 LEE Seungyeob 9 results · 107 matches 1351

All-time top athletes by ELO

Showing top 50 of 777 rated athletes (all years)

1 KIM Jonghoon 9 results · 173 matches 1606 2 AN Changrim 27 results · 147 matches 1604 3 LEE Joonhwan 20 results · 105 matches 1575 4 KIM Jisu 19 results · 151 matches 1480 5 CHO Guham 31 results · 134 matches 1460 6 HUH Mimi 16 results · 149 matches 1454 7 WANG Ki-chun 29 results · 127 matches 1452 8 KIM Channyeong 11 results · 208 matches 1438 9 LEE Hyeonji 13 results · 171 matches 1416 10 BANG Gui-Man 15 results · 73 matches 1400 11 SONG Minki 6 results · 75 matches 1391 12 KIM Minjong 28 results · 111 matches 1383 13 AN Baul 38 results · 179 matches 1381 14 KIM Won Jin 43 results · 205 matches 1360 15 LEE Harim 27 results · 225 matches 1359 16 KIM Jae-Bum 31 results · 119 matches 1354 17 LEE Seungyeob 9 results · 107 matches 1351 18 JEONG Bokyeong 44 results · 153 matches 1333 19 JANG Seyun 13 results · 143 matches 1333 20 KIM Limhwan 14 results · 90 matches 1326 21 SONG Daenam 15 results · 60 matches 1326 22 JEONG Gyeong-Mi 35 results · 101 matches 1310 23 CHO Jun-ho 18 results · 88 matches 1307 24 LEE Eunkyul 5 results · 75 matches 1307 25 HWANG Hee-Tae 22 results · 91 matches 1305 26 KIM Sungmin 47 results · 192 matches 1288 27 LEE Hongkyu 4 results · 39 matches 1279 28 PARK Heewon 3 results · 32 matches 1278 29 CHOI Gwang-Hyeon 19 results · 70 matches 1272 30 GWAK Donghan 37 results · 183 matches 1268 31 KWON Youjeong 13 results · 50 matches 1267 32 RYU Seunghwan 2 results · 32 matches 1265 33 LEE Moon Jin 5 results · 36 matches 1264 34 KIM Hayun 33 results · 208 matches 1262 35 KIM Minjeong 35 results · 90 matches 1259 36 OH Sangwoo 1 results · 20 matches 1251 37 YANG Jihyuk 1 results · 20 matches 1246 38 PARK Da-Sol 22 results · 91 matches 1241 39 HWANG Ye-sul 37 results · 97 matches 1240 40 LEE Seungsu 15 results · 96 matches 1237 41 LEE Sungho 12 results · 82 matches 1228 42 KIM Seongyeon 33 results · 94 matches 1227 43 HONG Suk Woong 16 results · 92 matches 1222 44 CHOI Min-Ho 8 results · 48 matches 1221 45 YOON Hyunji 24 results · 71 matches 1212 46 KIM Yongmin 1 results · 26 matches 1212 47 LEE Kyu-won 18 results · 87 matches 1209 48 KIM Leehyun 6 results · 33 matches 1204 49 KIM Minju 7 results · 83 matches 1204 50 LEE Hyekyeong 12 results · 68 matches 1203

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