Kim Sung-Bum (also ''Kim Seong-Beom'', ko, 김 성범; born May 30, 1979) is a South Korean judoka, who competed in the men's heavyweight category. He is a two-time Olympian, and four-time medalist at the

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. He defeated Iran's Mahmoud Miran for the gold medal in the open weight division at the

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. Kim also captured two more medals (gold and bronze) for the same division at the

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, and at the 2007 Summer Universiade in

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. Kim made his official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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, 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

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(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. 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

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, after winning the bronze medal from the

. 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 is a shoulder throw, one of the traditional forty throws of Judo as developed by Jigoro Kano. It belongs to the first group, Dai Ikkyo, of the traditional throwing list, Gokyo (no waza), of Kodokan Judo. It is also part of the current 67 Thro ...

, to Estonia's Martin Padar.

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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
1979 births Living people Olympic judoka for South Korea Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in judo Judoka at the 2006 Asian Games South Korean male judoka Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Universiade medalists in judo FISU World University Games gold medalists for South Korea Universiade bronze medalists for South Korea 21st-century South Korean people {{SouthKorea-judo-bio-stub