Kim Hyok-bong

Kim Hyok-bong
Kim at World Cup 2013
Nation:	North Korea
Date of birth:	October 28, 1985
Place of birth:	Pyongyang
Size:	171 cm
Weight:	65 kg
Playing hand:	Right handed
How to play:	Shakehand
Best world ranking :	36 (October 2012)

Kim Hyok-bong ( Korean 김혁봉 ; born October 28, 1985 in Pyongyang ) is a North Korean table tennis player . At the 2013 World Cup in Paris he won the title for North Korea together with Kim Jong as a mixed couple.

Career

Kim participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and four years later at the Olympic Games in London in part, but could not win a medal.

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
PRK	Asian Championship ATTU	2007	Yangzhou	CHN			Semifinals
PRK	Asian Cup	2013	Hong Kong	HKG	6th place
PRK	Asian Games	2010	Guangzhou	CHN	last 16
PRK	Olympic games	2012	London	CLOSELY	last 16			9
PRK	Olympic games	2008	Beijing	CHN	last 32
PRK	Pro tour	2013	Suzhou	CHN	last 32
PRK	Pro tour	2011	Doha	QAT		Quarter finals
PRK	Pro tour	2010	Suzhou	CHN	last 64	last 16
PRK	Pro tour	2010	Kuwait City	KUW	last 64
PRK	Pro tour	2009	Su Zhou	CHN	last 64	Quarter finals
PRK	Pro tour	2008	Changchun	CHN				5
PRK	Pro tour	2005	Shenzhen	CHN	last 64
PRK	Pro tour	2005	Harbin	CHN	last 16	last 16
PRK	Pro tour	2005	Doha	QAT	last 32	last 16
PRK	World Championship	2013	Paris	FRA	last 128	last 32	gold
PRK	World Championship	2012	Dortmund	GER				13
PRK	World Championship	2011	Rotterdam	NED	last 128	last 64	Quarter finals
PRK	World Championship	2010	Moscow	RUS				13
PRK	World Championship	2008	Guangzhou	CHN				25th
PRK	World Championship	2007	Zagreb	HRV	last 128	last 64	last 16
PRK	World Championship	2006	Bremen	GER				27
PRK	World Championship	2005	Shanghai	CHN	Agony	last 64	last 128

Web links

• Kim Hyok-bong in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ) (accessed June 27, 2014)
• Kim Hyok-bong biography on the website of the World Table Tennis Association ittf.com (accessed June 27, 2014)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Table tennis: mixed pair from North Korea wins world title (accessed on May 22, 2013)
2. ↑ Kim Hyok-bong Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed June 27, 2014)

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, Hyok-bong is the first name.