Kim Seong-jip (13 January 1919 – 20 February 2016) was a weightlifter from South Korea. He competed for South Korea in the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...

held in London in the flyweight event where he finished in third place. Also, he competed for South Korea in the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi ...

where he finished in third and fifth respectively. Kim was the first person to have won the same medal at two successive Summer Olympics for South Korea.

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* 1919 births 2016 deaths South Korean male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters of South Korea Olympic bronze medalists for South Korea Weightlifters at the 1948 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1952 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in weightlifting Asian Games medalists in weightlifting Weightlifters at the 1954 Asian Games Weightlifters at the 1958 Asian Games Sportspeople from Seoul Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 1954 Asian Games World Weightlifting Championships medalists 20th-century South Korean people 21st-century South Korean people {{SouthKorea-weightlifting-bio-stub