Kim Jong (table tennis player)
Kim Jong | |
Kim at World Cup 2013 | |
Nation: | North Korea |
Date of birth: | April 19, 1989 |
Place of birth: | Hamgyŏng-namdo |
Size: | 158 cm |
Weight: | 55 kg |
Playing hand: | left handed |
How to play: | Shakehand , attack |
Best world ranking : | 39 (June 2011) |
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Kim Jong ( 김정 ; born April 19, 1989 in South Hamgyŏng ) is a North Korean table tennis player . At the 2013 World Championships in Paris, she won the title for North Korea together with Kim Hyok-bong as a mixed couple. She took part in the Olympic Games twice.
Career
Kim took part in the Olympic Games in Beijing and London , but could not win a medal. In London, she took 5th place with the women's team in the team competition.
Results from the ITTF database
Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
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PRK | Asian Championship | 2009 | Lucknow | IND | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
PRK | Asian Championship | 2007 | Yangzhou | CHN | Semifinals | |||
PRK | Asian Games | 2010 | Guangzhou | CHN | last 16 | |||
PRK | Asian Games | 2006 | Doha | QAT | last 16 | |||
PRK | Olympic games | 2012 | London | CLOSELY | last 32 | 5th place | ||
PRK | Olympic games | 2008 | Beijing | CHN | last 32 |
Web links
- Kim Jong (table tennis player) biography on the website of the table tennis world association ittf.com (English)
- Kim Jong (table tennis player) Article about Kim Jong (table tennis player) on the website of the table tennis world association ittf.com (English)
- Kim Jong in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brief profile on the official website of London 2012 (accessed on May 23, 2013)
- ↑ Table tennis: mixed pair from North Korea wins world title (accessed on May 23, 2013)
- ↑ Kim Jong (table tennis player) Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed May 23, 2013)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kim, Jong |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 김정 (Korean) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | North Korean table tennis player |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 19, 1989 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamgyŏng-namdo , North Korea |