Kim Hyang-mi

Kim Hyang-mi (born September 19, 1979 in Pyongyang ) is a North Korean table tennis player who won silver in the women's singles at the 2004 Olympic Games .

Kim Hyang-mi plays with the shakehand stick position and prefers topspins with the forehand.

Kim Hyang-mi
Nation:	North Korea
Date of birth:	19th September 1979
Place of birth:	Pyongyang
Size:	160 cm
Weight:	55 kg
Playing hand:	right
How to play:	Shakehand (attack)
Best world ranking :	17 (September 2004)

International success

In 1996, almost 17-year-old Kim Hyang-mi qualified for the first time to take part in the Summer Olympics , where she was eliminated in the first round in singles and doubles with Son Mi.

From 1999 to 2005 she was nominated four times for world championships . In 2001 she reached the quarterfinals in doubles. In the same year she was eligible to play in doubles at the ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals . With Kim Hyon-hui , she took second place.

In 2004 she was able to start again at the Olympic Games with the help of a wildcard . This time she won the individual silver medal. She lost 4-0 to the Chinese Zhang Yining in the final . In doubles she reached the quarterfinals with Kim Hyon-hui .

In September 2004 she was ranked 17th in the ITTF world rankings .

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
PRK	Asian Championship ATTU	1998	Osaka	JPN				silver
PRK	Asian Games	2002	Busan	COR	last 16	Quarter finals		gold
PRK	Olympic games	2004	Athens	GRE	Silver medal	Quarter finals
PRK	Olympic games	1996	Atlanta	United States	immediately excluded	immediately excluded
PRK	Pro tour	2005	Shenzhen	CHN	last 32
PRK	Pro tour	2005	Harbin	CHN	last 16	Quarter finals
PRK	Pro tour	2005	Doha	QAT	last 32	Quarter finals
PRK	Pro tour	2004	Changchun	CHN	last 32	silver
PRK	Pro tour	2004	Wuxi	CHN	last 16	last 16
PRK	Pro tour	2004	Singapore	SIN	last 32	silver
PRK	Pro tour	2003	Guangzhou	CHN	last 16	last 16
PRK	Pro tour	2002	Qingdao City	CHN		silver
PRK	Pro tour	2002	Doha	QAT	last 32	silver
PRK	Pro tour	2002	Cairo	EGY	last 16	Semifinals
PRK	Pro tour	2001	Doha	QAT	last 16	silver
PRK	Pro tour	2001	Chatham	CLOSELY	Semifinals	gold
PRK	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2001	Hainan	CHN		silver
PRK	World Championship	2005	Shanghai	CHN	last 16	last 16	last 32
PRK	World Championship	2001	Osaka	JPN	last 64	Quarter finals	last 16	2
PRK	World Championship	2000	Kuala Lumpur	MAS				9-12
PRK	World Championship	1999	Eindhoven	NED	last 64	last 32	no participants

Web links

• Olympics Database
• Kim Hyang-mi in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ What A Difference A Month Makes on ittf.com from September 17, 2004 (English).
2. ^ A North Korean at my table ( Memento of August 27, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) on tvnz.co.nz of July 7, 2008 (English).
3. ↑ Player information on ittfranking.com (English).
4. ↑ Kim Hyang-mi Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed September 9, 2011)

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, Hyang-mi is the first name.