Kim Hyon-hui (table tennis player)

Kim Hyon-hui
Other spellings:	김현희
Nation:	North Korea
Date of birth:	15th September 1979
Place of birth:	Pyongyang
Size:	166 cm
Weight:	60 kg
Playing hand:	right
How to play:	Shakehand , attack
Best world ranking :	9 (end of 2001)

Kim Hyon-hui ( Korean 김현희; born September 15, 1979 in Pyongyang ) is a former North Korean table tennis player .

Career

Kim has won a variety of international titles in her career. Twice ( 1997 , 2001 ) she was vice world champion with the team.

In 1996 and 2004 she also represented her country at the Olympic Games, where she came close to medal ranks, especially in doubles.

In 2001 she won the individual silver medal at the World Cup and at the Pro Tour Grand Finals in the same year. As of 2008, she no longer appeared internationally.

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
PRK	Olympic games	2004	Athens	GRE	last 16	Quarter finals
PRK	Olympic games	1996	Atlanta	OUT	Quarter finals	Agony
PRK	World Championship	2001	Osaka	JPN	last 16	Quarter finals	last 32	2
PRK	World Championship	2000	Kuala Lumpur	MAS				9
PRK	World Championship	1999	Eindhoven	NED	last 32	last 32	last 32
PRK	World Championship	1997	Manchester	CLOSELY	last 32	last 32		2
PRK	Pro tour	2001	Doha	QAT	gold
PRK	Pro tour	2001	Chatham	CLOSELY		gold
PRK	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2001	Tianjin	CHN	last 16	silver
PRK	World cup	2002	Singapore	SIN	Quarter finals
PRK	World cup	2001	Wuhu	CHN	silver

Web links

• Kim Hyon-hui on the website of (tt-infos.de) (accessed on February 19, 2020)
• Kim Hyon-hui in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ) (accessed February 19, 2020)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World Ranking List (accessed on February 19, 2020)
2. ↑ Hyon Hui KIM - Olympic Table Tennis | Democratic People's Republic of Korea. June 19, 2016, accessed February 19, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Kim Hyon Hui. Retrieved February 19, 2020 . 
4. ↑ ITTF_Database. March 4, 2016, accessed February 19, 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, Hyon-hui is the first name.