金,, 金메! Men's and women's judo team, Kim Min-seok and Hong Eun-mi, both gold medals! Judo Gold 3 is 2 dong 3

Nov 18, 2025

Tokyo Deaflympics Judo Gold Kim Min-seok and Hong Eun-mi Photo courtesy = Korea Sports Council for the Disabled

South Korea's judo team has swept the first three gold medals at the Tokyo Deaflympics in 2025, playing a role as a beneficial event.

In Korean judo, Kim Min-seok (30, Pohang City Hall) of the men's 90kg class and Hong Eun-mi (41, Ansan City Sports Council) of the women's 78kg class won the gold medal side by side in the match held at the Tokyo Dance Hall in Japan on the 17th. In addition, Lee Hyun-ah (21) of the women's 63kg class added a silver medal, and Yang Jung-moo (38, Sejong City Sports Council for the Disabled), who competed in the men's 100kg, added a bronze medal. South Korea's judo, which won one gold, one silver and two bronze medals the previous day, finished the individual event with three gold, two silver and three bronze medals. Now I'm looking forward to an additional medal in the team event as well. Shooting Kim Tae-young added a gold medal in the 10-meter air pistol, and South Korea recorded four gold medals, two silver medals and four bronze medals by the 17th.

Kim Min-seok won the gold medal in the final against Lukas Netiha (Ukraine) after a close game in extra time. He looked like a gold medal candidate with a judo sign, a Korean male deaf.Kim Min-seok, who won two gold medals in the 81-kg individual and team events at the 2017 Samsun Deaflympics in Turkiye, raised his weight class to 90kg after winning silver medals in the individual and team events at the 2021 Casias do Sul Deaflympics in Brazil. I regained my confidence with the gold medal at the 2024 World Deaf Judo Championships and enjoyed the joy of reaching the top again at the Tokyo Deaflympics?

Kim Min-seok said "The training was so difficult that I thought it was a natural result considering the amount of training, but I trained with great concentration. The full support from the president of the Korea Association for the Induction of Persons with Disabilities enabled me to gain more strength. And I would like to express my gratitude to Won Jae-yeon, Won Yoo-shin, coach Bae Hyo-min, Jeong Su-deok, coach of Pohang City Hall, Seok Jung-soo, coach Kim Do-kyung, Huh Joon-young, and all my loved ones. I will make up for my shortcomings and prepare for the next Gyeonggi-do Province" expressed his feelings about the gold medal.

Hong Eun-mi, dubbed the legend of judo, a female deaf man, added another gold medal by winning an effective victory over Bolkra Belinda Saadi (Algeria) in the final. Starting with the women's 70kg gold medal at the 2009 Taipei Deaflympics in Taiwan, she set a record of winning the 70kg weight class and the unlimited weight class at the 2013 Sofia Deaflympics in Bulgaria. Hong Eun-mi, who won a silver medal and a bronze medal each at the 2017 Samsun Deaflympics, also won a gold medal at the 2021 Cassias Doo-Sul event, her first time after raising her weight class to 78kg. He won the gold medal again at the Deaflympics, where he competed again at the age of over 50 years.

Hong Eun-mi thinks of her family first. That's all I can think of because you cheered for me so much. Also, Ansan employees and acquaintances came to cheer for me, so I was able to cheer up more. I'm so happy and thankful that we won first place" expressed his golden impressions.

photo courtesy of the Korea Sports Council for the Disabled

Lee Hyun-ah had to be satisfied with the silver medal after losing to Katerina Sepeliuk (Ukraine) in the final. Lee Hyun-ah said "Honestly, I only think it's a shame right now. I want to train more and win a gold medal next time. And I want to thank the Sejong City Sports Association for the Disabled, the Korean Association for the Judo of the Disabled, the national leaders, our Sejong team director Won Jae-yeon, and coach Bae Hyo-min, and finally, I want to say I love you to my family."

photo courtesy of the Korea Sports Council for the Disabled

Yang Jung-moo, who won the bronze medal, won about four medals in the 90kg class, but I am grateful for raising the weight this time. Thanks to the Korean Association for the Judo of Persons with Disabilities, the Sejong City Sports Council, the national team leaders, and sign language interpreters who provided generous support, I was able to win a medal. I'm especially grateful to Mr. Bae Hyo-min and the director of the Sejong team" expressed his feelings. Tokyo = Joint Interferee Foundation

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.