Jain Kim

Jain Kim
Kim in 2018
Personal information
Born (1988-09-11) 11 September 1988
Goyang, South Korea
Height153 cm (5 ft 0 in)
Weight42 kg (93 lb)
Spouse
Oh Young-hwan
Websitejainkim.kr
Climbing career
Type of climber
Highest grade
Medal record
Women's competition climbing
Representing  South Korea
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Cups 31 14 17
World Championships 2 3 1
Asian Championships 14 3 3
World Championships
2012 Paris Combined
2014 Gijón Lead
2009 Xining Lead
2011 Arco Lead
2012 Paris Lead
2018 Innsbruck Lead
World Cup
2009 Lead
Winner 2010 Lead
Winner 2010 Combined
2011 Lead
2012 Lead
Winner 2013 Lead
Winner 2014 Lead
2015 Lead
Winner 2015 Combined
2016 Lead
2017 Lead
2017 Combined
2018 Lead
World Games
2009 Lead
2013 Lead
Updated on May 4, 2019

Jain Kim (Korean김자인, born 11 September 1988) is a professional climber who specializes in competition climbing. She is mainly active in competition lead climbing and competition bouldering. 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). She has won the Asian Championships 14 times in 15 years, 11 times in lead climbing and 3 times in bouldering (see below for details).

Kim has also completed notable sport climbing routes. In 2014, she redpointed her first routes graded above the 8b+ (5.14a) grade, including Bibita Biologica 8c (5.14b) and Reini's Vibes 8c+ (5.14c), both in Arco, Italy.