'Little Hermione' Hermio “I want to win a gold medal like my sister~!”

'Little Hermione' Hermio “I want to win a gold medal like my sister~!”

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“Mimi is so cool, I want to win a gold medal like her, and my dream is to win a gold medal at the LA Olympics!”

For Hermio (19), the younger brother of Paris Olympic judo silver medalist Heo Mimi (21, Gyeongbuk Sports Federation), his older sister is an idol.

Heo has watched her grow into one of Korea's leading female judoka, winning gold in the women's 57kg category at the 2024 Judo World Championships and silver in Paris.

Heo Mio, who is two years younger than Heo Mimi, is following in her idolized older sister's footsteps.

She was born in Japan and has dual Japanese and Korean citizenship, but like her sister, she renounced her Japanese citizenship in favor of Korean citizenship and joined the same Gyeongbuk Athletic Association as her sister.

In college, she went to Waseda University in Japan, where she was a junior in the sports science department.

Heomio showed off her skills at the Youth Judo Championships, where she won a bronze medal in the 52-kilogram weight class on Feb. 2, 메이저사이트 representing the youth team.

He also competed in the 52kg general category at the National Championships in Gyeongnam last week, but was eliminated in the first round after being blocked by Tokyo Olympian Yang Seo-woo in the first round.

“It's unfortunate, but I'm still young, so I hope I can work hard and win a gold medal like me (in the next competition),” said Heo Mio, who watched her sister compete.

“She's very strong, so I'm very envious of that and want to be like her,” Hermione said, laughing as she watched her sister, who won her bout in 13 seconds with a devastating upkick in the final.

For Hermione, who is not yet fluent in Korean, Hermimi is like a best friend, shopping and eating together.

Hermio dreams of winning gold at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, and it will be interesting to see if the Heo sisters, descendants of independence activist Heo Seok, can make history as sister medalists in LA.