Education
of Korea University.
of Korea University.
She is mainly active in lead climbing and bouldering competitions. Jain Kim also successfully climbs on rocks. In 2014, she redpointed her first routes graded beyond 8b+, namely Bibita Biologica (8c) and Reini’s Vibes (8c/8c+), both in Arco, Italy.
Born into a family of mountaindwellers and climbers, Jain Kim began climbing when she was 12 years old.
In 2001, when she was 16, 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 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). 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.
In 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.
World Cup
World Championships
World Games
Rock Master
Asian Championships
Lead
Boulder.
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). 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 2010 she won the lead climbing competitions both in the Rock Master and the World Cup. 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 September 14, 2014, three days after turning 26, she achieved an extraordinary victory at the Lead Climbing World Championships, where she managed to elegantly ascend on-sight all the routes attempted in the qualifications, semifinal, and final.
