Kim Jong (table tennis player)

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Kim Jong Table tennis player
Kim Jong
Kim at World Cup 2013
Nation: Korea NorthNorth Korea 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)

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
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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Brief profile on the official website of London 2012 (accessed on May 23, 2013)
  2. ↑ Table tennis: mixed pair from North Korea wins world title (accessed on May 23, 2013)
  3. ↑ Kim Jong (table tennis player) Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed May 23, 2013)
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, Jong is the first name.
personal data
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