Sports, games, and recreation

Kim Il Sung Stadium

Kim Il Sung Stadium (김일성경기장), Pyongyang's central multi-purpose stadium at Moran Hill, opened 1926 as Girimri Stadium, renamed 1982; football and Pyongyang Marathon venue, official capacity 100,000, about 50,000 after 2016 renovation.

Kim Jae Beom

Kim Jae Beom, also romanized Kim Jae-Bum, is a South Korean judoka who took half-middleweight silver at Beijing 2008 and gold at London 2012, beating Ole Bischof in both finals.

Kim Jang Mi

Kim Jang Mi (김장미), South Korean pistol shooter born 1992 in Incheon; 2012 London Olympic gold in women's 25 m pistol and 2010 Youth Olympic gold in 10 m air pistol; also 2022 world champion.

Kim Je Deok

Kim Je Deok (김제덕), born 2004, South Korean recurve archer; three Olympic golds in team events at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024, plus world and Asian Games team titles.

Kim Jeong Hwan

Kim Jeong Hwan, born 1983, is a retired South Korean sabre fencer who won four Olympic medals, including team gold at London 2012 and Tokyo 2020.

Kim Ji Yeon

Kim Ji Yeon (김지연, born 1988, Seoul) is a South Korean sabre fencer; 2012 Olympic individual sabre champion, 2020 team bronze medalist, and multiple world and Asian Games team medalist.

Kim Jo Sun

Kim Jo Sun (김조순, born 1975), South Korean recurve archer; won women's team gold at Atlanta 1996 with a 1,984-point world-record ranking round, placed 6th individually, and won world and Asian Games titles.

Kim Källström

Kim Mikael Källström, born in 1982, is a Swedish former footballer who starred for Djurgården and Lyon, earned 131 caps, and now leads Sweden's national teams.

Kim Lammers

Kim Lammers, Dutch field hockey forward (born 1981, Amsterdam), Laren MHC; 200 caps and 124 goals for the Netherlands; Olympic gold London 2012; World Cup winner 2006 and 2014; retired from internationals in 2014, from playing in 2016; later CIRCULR. business developer.

Kim Linehan

Kim Linehan (Kimberley Ann Linehan, born 1962) is an American distance freestyle swimmer who held 400m and 1500m world records, won 1982 world 800m gold, was kept from the 1980 Olympics by the US boycott, and placed fourth in the 1984 400m freestyle.

Kim Magnus

Kim Magnus (김마그너스, born Magnus Bøe, 1998, Busan) is a South Korean-Norwegian cross-country skier; double Youth Olympic gold medalist at Lillehammer 2016, 2017 Sapporo Asian Games sprint champion, and PyeongChang 2018 Olympian for Korea, later competing for Norway.

Kim Mi Jeong

Kim Mi Jeong (김•미정, also Kim Mi-Jung), South Korean judoka born 1971; won half-heavyweight (≤72 kg) gold at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, 1991 world title, 1994 Asian Games gold, later national women's head coach.

Kim Min Seon

Kim Min Seon (김민선, born 1999, Seoul) is a South Korean long-track speed skater, 2016 Youth Olympic 500 m gold medalist, three-time Olympian (2018–2026), and 2024–2025 World Championship 500 m medalist; distinct from taekwondo and javelin namesakes.

Kim Min-jae (김민재) (footballer)

Kim Min-jae (김민재), born 1996 in Tongyeong, is a South Korean centre-back nicknamed "Monster" who won Serie A with Napoli (2023, best defender) and plays for Bayern Munich since a €42M 2023 transfer, a 2022 and 2026 World Cup international.

Kim Min-ji (김민지) (hurdler)

Kim Min-ji (김민지, born 1996) is a South Korean 400m and 400m hurdles runner for Hwaseong City Hall, a multiple National Sports Festival champion, and a TV personality known as "Karina of Track and Field."

Kim Min-su (김민수) (footballer, born 2006)

Kim Min-su (김민수, born 2006, Gwangju) is a South Korean left winger who came through Catalan youth football and Girona, starred on loan at FC Andorra, and joined Rangers in August 2026 for about €10m as their first South Korean men's player.

Kim Mulkey

Kim Mulkey, LSU women's basketball head coach since 2021 and Baylor coach 2000-2021; only person to win NCAA basketball titles as player, assistant, and head coach; 783-130 record, 2023 LSU championship.

Kim Mun Su

Kim Mun Su (김문수, Kim Moon-soo, born 1963) is a South Korean badminton player who won 1992 Olympic men's doubles gold with Park Ju-Bong, plus 1985 and 1991 world titles and three All-England championships.

Kim Myong Hyok

Kim Myong Hyok (김•명혁, born 1990) is a North Korean lightweight weightlifter, 2012 Olympic bronze medalist awarded in 2021 after a doping disqualification, with world and Asian championship medals.

Kim Nam Sun

Kim Nam Sun (김남순, also Kim Nam-Soon), born 1980, South Korean recurve archer; 2000 Sydney Olympic team gold and individual silver, 1,994-point team ranking world record.

Kim Ng

Kim Ng, baseball executive; first woman and first East Asian American general manager in MLB, Miami Marlins GM 2020-2023 (220-266, 2023 playoffs), previously Yankees, Dodgers, and MLB SVP of baseball operations.

Kim Pegula

Kim Pegula, co-owner with husband Terry of the NFL Buffalo Bills and NHL Buffalo Sabres, first woman NFL team president (2018-2022), Seoul-born adoptee raised in Fairport NY, recovering from June 2022 cardiac arrest.

Kim Perrot

Kim Perrot (1967–1999), American point guard for the Houston Comets, won the WNBA's first two championships (1997, 1998); the league's Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award and her retired No. 10 honor her.

Kim Peyton

Kim Peyton (Kimberley Marie Peyton-McDonald, 1957–1986), American freestyle swimmer from Hood River, Oregon; 1976 Olympic gold medalist and world-record lead-off leg in the 4x100 m freestyle relay at Montréal.

Kim Rhode

Kim Rhode is an American shotgun shooter and ISSF Vice-President who won six medals across six consecutive Olympic Games, making her the first woman to achieve this.

Kim So Hui (olympedia 130972)

Kim So-Hui (김소희), born 1994, South Korean taekwondo fighter; gold in women's flyweight (-49 kg) at Rio 2016, two-time world champion, distinct from the alpine skier of the same name.

Kim So Hui (olympedia 81497)

Kim So-Hui (김소희), born 1976 in Daegu, South Korean short track speed skater, Olympedia ID 81497; 1992 all-round world champion and 1994 Olympic relay gold and 1,000 m bronze medalist. Distinct from the taekwondo and alpine skiing namesakes.

Kim Song Guk

Kim Song Guk: name shared by two North Korean Olympians, boxer Kim Song-Guk (born 1984, featherweight silver, Athens 2004) and pistol shooter Song Guk Kim (born 1985, 50 m pistol bronze, Rio 2016, 10 m air pistol world record 246.5).

Kim St Pierre

Kim St-Pierre (born 1978), Canadian ice hockey goaltender from Châteauguay, Quebec; three straight Olympic golds (2002, 2006, 2010), five world titles, and first female goaltender in the Hockey Hall of Fame (2020).