Nationality South Korea Name Kim Ja-in Highest grade Redpoint: 8c/8c+ | Website jainkim.co.kr Weight 42 kilograms (93 lb) Height 1.53 m | |
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Born September 11, 1988 (age 36)
Goyang, South Korea ( 1988-09-11 ) Residence Ganbuk-gu, Seoul, South Korea Type of climber Sport climbing (Lead climbing and Bouldering) | ||
Kim Ja-in (Hangul: 김자인, born September 11, 1988), more widely known as Jain Kim, is a professional climber. She is mainly active in lead climbing and bouldering competitions. She 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).
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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
Born into a family of mountain-dwellers and climbers, Jain Kim began climbing when she was 12 years old, in 2001. When she was 15, on July 2004, she started competing in the Lead Climbing World Cup and since 2006 she also participates in the Bouldering World Cup.
After a few years, her talent became evident. In 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2010 she won the Lead Climbing Asian Championship. In 2008, she also won the Bouldering Asian Championship. In 2009, she managed to rank second in the Lead Climbing World Cup, second in the Lead Climbing World Championship, second in the World Games (Lead), and third in the Rock Master (Lead).
In 2010, she won the lead climbing competitions both in the Rock Master and the World Cup. The World Cup was outstandingly obtained by ranking first in five out of 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. In 2013 and 2014 she won the Lead Climbing World Cup again, each year by getting four gold medals out of eight events.
On May and June 2014 she redpointed her first routes on rock graded beyond 8b+, namely Bibita Biologica (8c) and Reini’s Vibes (8c/8c+), both in Arco, Italy.
On September 14, 2014, three days after turning 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, semifinal, and final.
On May 20, 2017, she climbed the 555-meter Lotte World Tower in Seoul.
Climbing World Championships
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Personal life
She is married to Oh Younghwan, who is a firefighter of Seoul Fire Services and writer.