Jamie Lim Explained

Jamie Lim
Full Name:Jamie Christine Berberabe Lim
Birth Date:13 May 1997
Height:1.73m
Country:Philippines
Sport:Karate
Weight Class:61 kg

Jamie Christine Berberabe Lim (born May 13, 1997[1]) is a Filipino karateka. She won the gold medal in the women's kumite +61kg event at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games held in the Philippines.[2]

In June 2021, Lim competed at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[3] In November 2021, she competed in the women's 61kg event at the World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[4] In December 2021, she won the silver medal in the women's kumite 61kg event at the Asian Karate Championships held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.[5] [6]

Lim won two bronze medals at the 2021 Southeast Asian Games held in Hanoi, Vietnam. In 2023, she competed in the women's 61kg event at the World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[7]

Her father is former PBA Hall of Famer Samboy Lim. She also graduated as summa cum laude in UP Diliman with a degree in BS Mathematics.[8]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Rank Event
2019Southeast Asian GamesManila, Philippines1stKumite +61kg
2021Asian ChampionshipsAlmaty, Kazakhstan2ndKumite 61kg
2022Southeast Asian GamesHanoi, Vietnam3rdKumite 61kg
3rdTeam kumite
2023Southeast Asian GamesPhnom Penh, Cambodia1stKumite 61kg
2ndTeam kumite

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Karate LIM Jamie Christine - The 19th Asian Games . info.hangzhou2022.cn . 24 September 2023.
  2. Web site: Karate Results. 2019 Southeast Asian Games. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200424201731/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/425/ResultBook_425_20191209_142002.pdf. 24 April 2020. 24 April 2020.
  3. Web site: 2021 Karate World Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210614115613/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/386/results%20book.pdf. 14 June 2021. 14 June 2021. World Karate Federation.
  4. Web site: 2021 World Karate Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211121193114/https://www.wkf.net/imagenes/campeonatos/world-championshipsresultados-25th-world-championships-dubai-001.pdf. 21 November 2021. 21 November 2021. World Karate Federation.
  5. News: Burke. Patrick. 22 December 2021. Japan top medal table at Asian Karate Championships in Almaty. InsideTheGames.biz. 22 December 2021.
  6. Web site: 2021 Asian Karate Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211222173136/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/449/ResultBook.pdf. 22 December 2021. 22 December 2021. Sportdata.org.
  7. Web site: 2023 World Karate Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20231029174223/https://cdn.sportdata.org/543dcb8c-0cba-4652-a6cf-cbde494cd953/ . 29 October 2023 . 30 October 2023 . Sportdata.org.
  8. Web site: Jamie Lim, daughter of PBA legend, nails SEA Games karatedo gold. 2021-07-16. Rappler. 9 December 2019 . en.