Won Ok-im (; born 6 November 1986) is a

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...

judoka is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponica, "Judo"). ...

. She won a bronze medal in the half-middleweight category ( 63 kg) at the

2006 Asian Games 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second small ...

, having defeated Tümen-Odyn Battögs of Mongolia in the bronze medal match. Won also won a bronze medal at

2008 Olympic Games The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

. She currently resides in

Pyongyang Pyongyang (, , ) is the capital and largest city of North Korea, where it is known as the "Capital of the Revolution". Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River about upstream from its mouth on the Yellow Sea. According to the 2008 populatio ...

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* * * * * 1986 births Living people North Korean female judoka Olympic judoka for North Korea Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for North Korea Olympic medalists in judo Asian Games medalists in judo Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for North Korea Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games 21st-century North Korean women 21st-century North Korean people {{NorthKorea-judo-bio-stub