Kim Sung-bum (judoka)

{{Short description|South Korean judoka (born 1979)}}

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| name = Kim Sung-Bum

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| nationality = {{KOR}}

| sport = Judo

| event = +100 kg

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| club = Korea Racing Association

| coach = An Byung-Geun

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|5|30|df=yes}}

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| weight = {{convert|118|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

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{{MedalSport | Men's judo}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}

{{MedalGold|2006 Doha | Open }}

{{MedalCompetition|Universiade}}

{{MedalGold|2007 Bangkok | +100 kg }}

{{MedalBronze|2003 Daegu | +100 kg }}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2004 Almaty | +100 kg }}

{{MedalBronze|2003 Jeju City | +100 kg }}

{{MedalBronze|2007 Kuwait City | +100 kg }}

{{MedalBronze|2008 Jeju City | +100 kg }}

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Kim Sung-Bum (also Kim Seong-Beom, {{langx|ko|김 성범}}; born May 30, 1979) is a South Korean judoka, who competed in the men's heavyweight category.{{cite sports-reference|title = Kim Sung-Bum|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ki/kim-seong-beom-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417233605/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ki/kim-seong-beom-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 17 April 2020|access-date = 17 January 2013}} 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.{{cite news|title=Judoka Kim from S. Korea wins men's open class title at Asiad|url=http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200612/06/eng20061206_329005.html|work=Xinhua News Agency|publisher=People's Daily Online (China)|date=6 December 2006|accessdate=17 January 2013}} 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.{{cite news|title=S Korean judoka Kim grabs men's over 100kg gold at Universiade|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/13/content_6525137.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002181308/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/13/content_6525137.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 2, 2013|publisher=Xinhua News Agency|date=13 August 2007|accessdate=17 January 2013}}

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.{{cite web|title=Judo: Men's Heavyweight (+100kg/+220 lbs) Repechage 2|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics_2004/martial_arts/results/3534238.stm|work=Athens 2004|publisher=BBC Sport|date=15 August 2004|accessdate=31 January 2013}}

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.{{cite web|title=Asian Championships Jeju City, 2008, Korea|url=http://www.judoinside.com/event/view/5159/|publisher=Judo Inside|accessdate=17 January 2013}} 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.{{cite web|title=Men's Heavyweight (+100kg/+220 lbs) Preliminaries|url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/judo/resultsandschedules/rsc=JUM200513/index.html|publisher=NBC Olympics|accessdate=17 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817214317/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/judo/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DJUM200513/index.html|archive-date=17 August 2012|url-status=dead}}