Kim Jan-di

What strikes me most about Kim Jan-di is the gap between her stature and her results. Standing 153 cm, she climbed to third in the world rankings and reached two Olympic Games in the brutally competitive 57 kg class. To me, that is the truest kind of athletic achievement: not raw physical dominance, but technique, timing, and stubborn will dismantling opponents with the reach and weight advantage. Coming from the quiet tea-country of Boseong to the Olympic mat is a long road, and the 2016 Asian Championships silver feels like the deserved reward for it. I find her career genuinely admirable.

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Name (English)

Kim Jan-di

Name (Japanese)

金珍迪

Reading

きむ・じゃんでぃ

Born

June 15, 1991 (age 35)

Origin

Boseong County, South Jeolla, South Korea

Height

153 cm

Occupation

judoka

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Goat

University

Yong In University

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/k__im_jan_di/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim%20Jan-di%20(judoka)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%87%91%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2372524

Tags

• South Jeolla
• judoka

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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