Jain Kim

Kim Ja-in (Korean: 김자인, born 11 September 1988), more widely known in the Western world as Jain Kim, 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).

Jain Kim
Kim in Vienna, 2010
Personal information
Born (1988-09-11) 11 September 1988
Goyang, South Korea
Height153 cm (5 ft 0 in)
Weight42 kg (93 lb)
SpouseOh Young-hwan
Websitejainkim.kr
Climbing career
Type of climber
Highest grade
Known forWinning 3 World Cups, 1 World Championship and 14 Asian Championships.
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 ParisCombined
2014 GijónLead
2009 XiningLead
2011 ArcoLead
2012 ParisLead
2018 InnsbruckLead
World Cup
2009Lead
Winner2010Lead
Winner2010Combined
2011Lead
2012Lead
Winner2013Lead
Winner2014Lead
2015Lead
Winner2015Combined
2016Lead
2017Lead
2017Combined
2018Lead
World Games
2009Lead
2013Lead
Updated on May 4, 2019.

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

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