Jain Kim

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Jain Kim
Boulder Worldcup Vienna 29-05-2010b final21 Jain Kim.jpg
Kim in Vienna, 2010
Personal information
Born (1988-09-11) 11 September 1988 (age 33)
Goyang, South Korea
Height153 cm (5 ft 0 in)
Weight42 kg (93 lb)
Spouse(s)Oh Young-hwan
Websitejainkim.kr
Climbing career
Type of climberSport climbing (Lead climbing and Bouldering)
Highest grade
Known forWinning 3 World Cups, 1 World Championship and 14 Asian Championships.
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Cups 30 14 17
World Championships 2 3 1
Asian Championships 14 3 2
World Cup
Second place 2009 Lead
Winner 2010 Lead
Winner 2010 Combined
Second place 2011 Lead
Second place 2012 Lead
Winner 2013 Lead
Winner 2014 Lead
Second place 2015 Lead
Winner 2015 Combined
Third place 2016 Lead
Second place 2017 Lead
Second place 2017 Combined
Third place 2018 Lead
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2009 Lead
Silver medal – second place 2011 Lead
Silver medal – second place 2012 Lead
Gold medal – first place 2012 Combined
Gold medal – first place 2014 Lead
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Lead
World Games
Silver medal – second place 2009 Lead
Silver medal – second place 2013 Lead
Updated on May 4, 2019.
In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Kim Ja-in (Hangul: 김자인, born 11 September 1988), more widely known in the West as Jain Kim, is a professional climber. She is mainly active in lead climbing and bouldering competitions. She has won the Lead Climbing World Cup three times (2010, 2013, 2014), the Lead Climbing World Championship once (2014), and the Rock Master once (2010, Lead discipline). Moreover, she has won the Asian Championships 14 times in 15 years, namely 11 times in lead climbing and 3 times in bouldering (see below for details).

Jain Kim also successfully climbs outdoors. In 2014, she redpointed her first routes graded beyond 8b+; namely Bibita Biologica (8c) and Reini's Vibes (8c/8c+), both in Arco, Italy.

Biography[]

Kim in the Bouldering World Cup, Vienna, 2010

Born into a family of mountain-dwellers and climbers,[1] Jain Kim started climbing at the age of 12. In July 2004, at the age of 15, she started competing in the Lead Climbing World Cup and since 2006 she has also participated in the Bouldering World Cup.

She won the Lead Climbing Asian Championship in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, and 2010. In 2008, she also won the Bouldering Asian Championship. In 2009, she ranked second in the Lead Climbing World Cup,[2] second in the Lead Climbing World Championship,[3] second in the World Games (Lead), and third in the Rock Master (Lead).[4]

In 2010, she won the lead climbing competitions both in the Rock Master[5] and the World Cup.[6] She obtained the World Cup overall title by ranking first in five of the six stages, namely those held in Xining, Chuncheon, Puurs, Huaiji, and Kranj. The only World Cup stage that Jain Kim did not win in 2010 was the first one, held in Chamonix. She won the Lead Climbing World Cup again in 2013 and 2014, each time winning four of the eight events.

In May and June 2014, she redpointed her first routes in rock climbing graded 8b+, namely Bibita Biologica (8c) and Reini's Vibes (8c/8c+), both in Arco, Italy.

On September 14, 2014, three days after she had turned 26, she achieved an extraordinary victory at the Lead Climbing World Championships, where she managed to ascend (on-sight) all of the routes attempted in the qualifications, the semifinals, and the finals.

On May 20, 2017, she climbed the 555-meter Lotte World Tower in Seoul.[7]

Personal life[]

She is married to Oh Young-hwan, member of 21st National Assembly of Korea, who was a firefighter of Seoul Fire Services and writer.[8] On March 10, 2021, Kim gave birth to a daughter.[9]

Rankings[]

See also: Best IFSC results

Climbing World Cup[10][]

Discipline 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Lead 25 18 28 14 18 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 3 8
Bouldering - - 36 - 51 5 12 7 10 29 - - - 18 48 35
Speed - - - - - - - - - - - 30 - - 75
Combined - - 21 - 25 2 1 2 2 4 - 1 - 2 8 8

Climbing World Championships[]

Youth[11]

Discipline 2005
Youth A
Lead 22

Adult[11]

Discipline 2005 2007 2009 2011 2012 2014 2016 2018 2019
Lead 32 8 2 2 2 1 4 3 22
Bouldering 12 45 17 11 5 - - 41 25
Speed - - - - 41 - - 54 59
Combined - - - - 1 - - - 40

World Games[]

Discipline 2005 2009 2013 2017
Lead 5 2 2 4

Rock Master[]

Discipline 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Lead 3 1 - - 2
Duel - - 5 - 3

Asian Championships[11][]

Discipline 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Lead 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 3 - 1
Bouldering - - 2 1 1 2 2 1 - - 3 - - -

World Cup podiums[]

Lead[11][]

Season Gold Silver Bronze Total
2007 1 1
2008 0
2009 1 2 3
2010 5 5
2011 5 1 1 7
2012 3 2 1 6
2013 4 2 1 7
2014 4 2 6
2015 3 3
2016 1 4 5
2017 1 3 2 6
2018 2 2 4
2019 1 1 2
Total 29 13 13 55

Bouldering[11][]

Season Gold Silver Bronze Total
2009 1 1
2010 2 2
2011 1 1 2
2012 1 1
Total 1 1 4 6

Television[]

Year Program Original title Network Role Note Ref.
2015 Running Man 런닝맨 SBS Guest Episode 268 [12]
2021 Sporty Sisters 2 노는언니2 E Channel Member [13]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Auriana Beaute. "Jain Kim's Profile". Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  2. ^ planetmountain.com, ed. (16 November 2009). "Lead World Cup 2009 to Johanna Ernst and Adam Ondra". Archived from the original on 7 December 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  3. ^ Vinicio Stefanello (7 July 2009). planetmountain.com (ed.). "Climbing World Championships - Qinghai (CHN)". Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  4. ^ Vinicio Stefanello (6 September 2009). planetmountain.com (ed.). "Eiter and Puigblanque are the kings of Rock Master 2009". Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  5. ^ planetmountain.com, ed. (19 July 2010). "Rock Master 2010". Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  6. ^ up-climbing.com, ed. (30 October 2010). "Jain Kim Wins the World Cup 2010". Archived from the original on 11 December 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  7. ^ "S. Korean female climber reaches top of tallest building". yonhapnews.co.kr. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  8. ^ wedding invitation sent from Oh Younghwan(GLAD Hotel, 15:00, 12 December 2015). Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  9. ^ "Jain Kim gave birth to a daughter". Archived from the original on 2021-12-25.
  10. ^ IFSC, ed. (August 20, 2019). "World Cup Rankings". Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  11. ^ a b c d e IFSC, ed. (August 20, 2019). "Kim's profile and rankings". Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  12. ^ Kim, Jennifer (2015-10-17). "'Running Man' Kim Ja In Picks Haha". KDramaStars. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
  13. ^ "노는언니2". www.imtcast.com. Retrieved 2021-10-08.

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