Gil Young-ah

Korean spelling
Hangeul	길영아
Hanja	吉永雅
Revised Romanization	Gil Yeong-a
McCune- Reischauer	Kil Yŏng-a
See also : Korean name

Gil Young-ah ( Korean 길영아 ; born April 11, 1970 in Ansan ) is a former badminton player from South Korea .

Career

At the 1991 World Championships, Gil Young-ah won the bronze medal in doubles together with her partner Shim Eun-jung . At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona , the two were able to repeat their performance and also won bronze. Gil changed partners, started together with Chung So-young at the 1993 World Championships and won bronze again. After another partner change, Gil Young-ah started together with Jang Hye-ock at the 1995 World Championships and this time reached the final in doubles. In this, the two won and won the gold medal. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta , Gil and Jang took part in the doubles tournament and won silver after losing to the Chinese Gu Jun and Ge Fei in the final . In the mixed tournament held for the first time, Gil started with Park Joo-bong and won the gold medal.

Sporting successes

season	event	discipline	space	Surname
1989	World Championship	Ladies doubles	9	Gil Young-ah / Kim Ho-ja
1991	Hong Kong Open	Mixed	2	Shon Jin-Hwan / Gil Young-ah
1991	Thailand Open	Ladies doubles	1	Hwang Hye-young / Gil Young-ah
1991	Hong Kong Open	Ladies doubles	1	Hwang Hye-young / Gil Young-ah
1992	Olympia	Ladies doubles	3	Gil Young-ah / Shim Eun-yung
1992	Chinese Taipei Open	Ladies doubles	1	Gil Young-ah / Shim Eun-jung
1993	Swedish Open	Ladies doubles	1	Chung So-young / Gil Young-ah
1993	World Championship	Ladies doubles	3	So-Young Chung / Gil Young Ah
1993	All of England	Ladies doubles	1	Chung So-young / Gil Young-ah
1993	US Open	Ladies doubles	1	Gil Young-ah / Chung So-young
1993	Korea Open	Ladies doubles	1	Chung So-young / Gil Young-ah
1993	Japan Open	Ladies doubles	1	Chung So-young / Gil Young-ah
1994	Asian Games	Ladies doubles	2	Chung So-Young / Gil Young-ah
1994	Japan Open	Ladies doubles	1	Chung So-young / Gil Young-ah
1994	Korea Open	Ladies doubles	1	Chung So-young / Gil Young-ah
1994	Swedish Open	Ladies doubles	1	Chung So-young / Gil Young-ah
1994	All of England	Ladies doubles	1	Chung So-young / Gil Young-ah
1995	World Championship	Ladies doubles	1	Gil Young-ah / Jang Hye Ock
1995	China Open	Ladies doubles	2	Gil Young-ah / Jang Hye Ock
1995	All of England	Ladies doubles	1	Gil Young-ah / Jang Hye-ock
1995	Korea Open	Ladies doubles	1	Gil Young-ah / Jang Hye-ock
1995	Canadian Open	Ladies doubles	1	Gil Young-ah / Tang Yongshu
1995	Thailand Open	Ladies doubles	1	Gil Young-ah / Jang Hye-ock
1995	US Open	Ladies doubles	1	Gil Young-ah / Jang Hye-ock
1995	Canadian Open	Mixed	1	Kim Dong-moon / Gil Young-ah
1995	US Open	Mixed	1	Kim Dong-moon / Gil Young-ah
1995	Malaysia Open	Mixed	1	Kim Dong-moon / Gil Young-ah
1996	Japan Open	Mixed	2	Kim Dong-moon / Gil Young-ah
1996	Japan Open	Ladies doubles	1	Gil Young-ah / Jang Hye-ock
1996	Olympia	Mixed	1	Kim Dong-moon / Gil Young-ah
1996	Olympia	Ladies doubles	2	Gil Young-ah / Jang Hye-ock
1996	Korea Open	Ladies doubles	1	Gil Young-ah / Jang Hye-ock
1997	Thailand Open	Mixed	3	Yoo Yung-sung / Gil Young-ah

Web links

• Profile on olympic.org

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Gil is the family name here, Young-ah is the first name.