Kim Mi-Jung (born 29 March 1971 in Masan, Gyeongsangnam-do) is a female South Korean retired judoka. She was a shot putter in high school but changed to be a judoka at the age of 17, and in a year Kim was selected to be a member of the South Korean national judo team in 1989.

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Kim Mi-jung

Personal information
Born	29 March 1971 (1971-03-29) (age 53) Masan, Gyeongsangnam-do
Occupation	Judoka
Korean name
Hangul	김미정
Hanja	金美廷
Revised Romanization	Kim Mi-jeong
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Mi-jŏng
Sport
Country	South Korea
Sport	Judo
Weight class	‍–‍72 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games	(1992)
World Champ.	(1991)
Asian Champ.	(1994)
Medal record Women's judo Representing  South Korea Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona ‍–‍72 kg World Championships 1991 Barcelona ‍–‍72 kg 1993 Hamilton ‍–‍72 kg Asian Games 1994 Hiroshima ‍–‍72 kg 1990 Beijing ‍–‍72 kg Asian Championships 1993 Macau ‍–‍72 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF	11423
JudoInside.com	3701
Updated on 5 June 2023.

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Next year, Kim won bronze at the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing, and in 1991 she became her world champion in the 72 kg division at the World Championships in Barcelona.

At the 1992 Summer Olympics she finally won the Olympic gold medal in the women's Half Heavyweight (‍–‍72 kg) category.^[1]

Kim retired from competitive judo after winning gold in the 1994 Asian Game. She has been serving as a judo coach and professor for Yong-In University, South Korea.

She is married to judoka Kim Byung-joo.^[2]