Kim Young-ran
Personal information
Born (1981-03-05) 5 March 1981
Icheon, Gyeonggi, South Korea
OccupationJudoka
Height1.54 m (5 ft 1 in)
Sport
CountrySouth Korea
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍48 kg
ClubIncheon Dong-gu Cheong
Coached byLee Bong-hun
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games9th (2008)
World Champ.5th (2001, 2007)
Asian Champ.Gold (2003)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  South Korea
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2002 Busan ‍–‍48 kg
Silver medal – second place 2006 Doha ‍–‍48 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Jeju ‍–‍48 kg
Silver medal – second place 2007 Kuwait City ‍–‍48 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Tashkent ‍–‍48 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Qingdao ‍–‍48 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF1852
JudoInside.com13899
Updated on 3 January 2023.

Kim Young-Ran (also Kim Yeong-ran, Korean: 김 영란; born 5 March 1981 in Icheon, Gyeonggi) is a South Korean judoka, who played for the extra-lightweight category.[1] She is a three-time medalist (gold, silver, and bronze) for the 48 kg class at the Asian Judo Championships. She also won two silver medals in the same division at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, and at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, losing out to Japan's Kayo Kitada, and China's Gao Feng, respectively.[2][3]

Kim represented South Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's extra-lightweight class (48 kg). She defeated Ukraine's Lyudmyla Lusnikova in the preliminary rounds, before losing out the quarterfinal match, by an ippon and an uchi mata gaeshi (inner thigh counter) to Romania's Alina Alexandra Dumitru.[4] Because her opponent advanced further into the final match, Kim offered another shot for the bronze medal by entering the repechage rounds. Unfortunately, she finished only in ninth place, after losing out the second repechage bout to Hungary's Éva Csernoviczki, who successfully scored a koka, and a kouchi gari (small inner reap), at the end of the five-minute period.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kim Yeong-Ran". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2013. Other name(s): Kim Young-Ran / Original name: 김 영란
  2. ↑ "Korean Athletes Go for Gold in Asian Games". Chosun Ilbo. 22 August 2006. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "Judoka Gao grabs women's 48kg gold medal for China". Xinhua News Agency. SINA English. 6 December 2006. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "Women's Extra Lightweight (48kg/106 lbs) Preliminaries". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "Women's Extra Lightweight (48kg/106 lbs) Repechage". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2013.


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