
19th win in 4 years and 4 months since first win... Achieved 10 years faster than Lee Tae-hyun
Ssireum player Kim Min-jae defeated Ma Kwon-soo in the Baekdu level decision match at the 2026 Goesan Chuseok Jangsa Ssireum Competition and became the 19th Baekdu Jangsa in his personal career, surpassing Lee Man-gi and rising to sole second place in this category.
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Kim Min-jae has been accumulating career records since becoming Baekdu Jangsa for the first time at the 2022 Gangneung Dano Tournament.
19th win in 4 years and 4 months since first win... Achieved 10 years faster than Lee Tae-hyun
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Dong-han = ‘Ssireum monster’ Kim Min-jae (24, Yeongam-gun Folk Ssireum Team) won Baekdu Jangsa for the 19th time in his career, surpassing the ‘Ssireum Emperor’ Lee Man-gi.
Kim Min-jae defeated Ma Kwon-soo (Mungyeong City Hall) 3-0 in the Baekdu class (under 140 kg) business decision (3 wins out of 5 rounds) at the Withers Pharmaceutical 2026 Goesan Chuseok Ssireum Competition held at the Goesan Culture and Sports Center in Goesan-gun, North Chungcheong Province on the 11th.
In the first round of the deciding match, Kim Min-jae overpowered Giseon with a japchae and then succeeded in a push in the second round.
Then, in the third round, he defeated the magician with a japchae and won the flower palanquin.
As a result, Kim Min-jae, who was on par with Lee Man-gi by achieving Baekdu sales 18 times at the Mungyeong Schisandra chinensis competition last August, rose to second place in this category's history with this win.
The gap with Lee Tae-hyun (20 Baekdu Merchants), the all-time leader, was narrowed by one turn.
In addition, he increased his personal career titles to 22, including 3 World Champions.
The speed at which the record was achieved is also notable.
Kim Min-jae achieved his 19th victory in about 4 years and 4 months after winning his first Baekdu title at the Gangneung Dano Competition in June 2022, when he was a sophomore at Ulsan University.
Lee Man-gi became the 18th Baekdu Jangsa at the age of 26, but Kim Min-jae surpassed that record at the age of 24.
Even compared to Taehyun Lee, he is 10 years earlier.
Taehyun Lee, who became the first Baekdu Champion in October 1994, took about 15 years and 8 months to win his 19th championship. However, Lee Tae-hyun switched to mixed martial arts after retiring in 2006, but returned to the sand court in 2009 and set the record.
[Withers Pharmaceutical 2026 Goesan Chuseok Jangsa Ssireum Competition men’s match results]
▲ Baekdu class
Baekdu Jangsa Kim Min-jae (Yeongam-gun Folk Ssireum Troupe)
2nd Place: Bookmaker (Mungyeong City Hall)
Joint 3rd place: Baek Won-jong (Yeongam-gun Folk Ssireum Team), Park Chan-ju (Taean County Office)

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