# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kim-min-soo
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:07:20.687Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kim-min-soo"
name: "Kim Min-soo"
slug: "kim-min-soo"
description: "Kim Min-soo is a South Korean former judoka, professional mixed martial artist and K-1 kickboxer. He is best known for becoming a K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Seoul finalist and also winning a Silver Medal in Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He is also known for his fights with WWE professional wrestler and UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar, WWE wrestler and K-1 fighter Sean O'Haire, and NFL player turned kickboxer and New Japan Pro-Wrestling contender Bob Sapp. Min-soo holds a notable kickboxing win over Muay Thai world champion Mourad Bouzidi. He announced his retirement from contact sports in 2011, with subsequent stints as color commentator for Japanese and Korean mixed martial arts and professional wrestling events. Kim is also the head judo coach for the Korean Top Team."
tagline: "South Korean judoka"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Istvan_szasz_kim_min_soo_junior_world_championship.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Korea"
  isoCode: "KR"
birthDate: "1975-01-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.68
  momentum:             1.595684270300966
  historical:           13.14017866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/minsookim74/"
    handle:    "minsookim74"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5393117/"
    handle:    "nm5393117"
sources:
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    title: "金岷秀"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%88"
    title: "كيم مين سو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Min-soo"
    title: "Kim Min-soo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Min-soo_(judoka)"
    title: "Kim Min-soo (judoka)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Min-Soo"
    title: "Kim Min-Soo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%85_%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%B3%D9%88_(%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1)"
    title: "کیم مین-سو (جودوکار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Min-soo"
    title: "Kim Min-soo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9F%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9"
    title: "キム・ミンス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B9%80%EB%AF%BC%EC%88%98_(%EA%B2%A9%ED%88%AC%EA%B8%B0_%EC%84%A0%EC%88%98)"
    title: "김민수 (격투기 선수)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Min-soo"
    title: "Kim Min-soo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Min-soo"
    title: "Kim Min-soo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D1%83"
    title: "Ким Мин Су"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Min-Soo"
    title: "Kim Min-Soo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%96%D0%BC_%D0%9C%D1%96%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D1%83"
    title: "Кім Мін Су"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q484626"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4736397"
    title: "Kim Min Soo"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump