Kim Dong-hyun (table tennis player)

Kim Dong-hyun
Nation:	South Korea
Date of birth:	November 10, 1994
Place of birth:	Seoul
Playing hand:	right
How to play:	Shakehand
Current world rankings :	318
Best world ranking :	30 (September 2015)

Kim Dong-hyun (also Kim Donghyun , Korean 김동현; born November 10, 1994 in Seoul ) is a South Korean table tennis player .

Career

Kim made his first international appearances at the World Youth Championships, where he won bronze with the team in 2010. In 2009 he took part in his first adult world championship , but was only used there in mixed.

He also played at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games, where the Korean selection won silver. In 2012 he qualified for the Pro Tour Grand Finals and reached the semi-finals there together with Lee Jung-woo .

Because of strong South Korean competition, it was not seen more often again until 2015. In the same year he won the Hungarian Open in singles and doubles, reached the quarter-finals at the World Team Cup and qualified for the World Tour Grand Finals.

In 2018 he won a bronze medal with the team at the World Cup .

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
COR	World Tour	2019	Incheon	COR	last 64
COR	World Tour	2019	Tokyo	JPN	last 128	last 16
COR	World Tour	2019	Hong Kong	HKG	last 128	last 32
COR	World Tour	2018	Melbourne	OUT	last 64
COR	World Tour	2018	Cheng you	CHN	Agony	last 32
COR	World Tour	2017	Cheng you	CHN	last 128	Agony
COR	World Tour	2016	Cheng you	CHN	last 128	Quarter finals
COR	World Tour	2015	Panagjurishte	BUL	gold	gold
COR	Challenge Series	2017	De Haan	BEL	silver
COR	World Tour Grand Finals	2015	Lisbon	POR	last 16	Quarter finals
COR	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2012	Hangzhou	CHN		Semifinals
COR	Youth Olympic Games	2010	Singapore	SIN				2
COR	World Team Cup	2015	Dubai	UAE				Quarter finals
COR	Youth World Championship	2011	Manama	IND	last 16	last 32	last 16
COR	Youth World Championship	2010	Bratislava	SVK	last 16		last 16	3
COR	World Championship	2018	Halmstad	SWE				3
COR	World Championship	2009	Yokohama	JPN			last 64

Web links

• Kim Dong-hyun on the website of (tt-infos.de) (accessed on March 10, 2020)
• Player profile about Kim Dong-hyun on tabletennis.guide (accessed March 10, 2020)
• Ranking history about Kim Dong-hyun on tabletennis.guide (accessed on March 10, 2020)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kim Donghyun. Retrieved March 10, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Kim Donghyun: video, ranking. Retrieved March 10, 2020 . 

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Kim is the family name here, Dong-hyun is the first name.