Kim Moo-kyo

Korean spelling
Hangeul	김무교
Hanja	金 戊 校
Revised Romanization	Gim Mu-gyo
McCune- Reischauer	Kim Mukyo
See also : Korean name

Kim Moo-kyo (born August 27, 1975 in Gyeongju , South Korea ) is a South Korean table tennis player . She was twice in the finals of world championships and is a bronze medalist at the 2000 Olympic Games.

Career

Kim Moo-kyo is left-handed and plays in the shakehand racket position. From 1995 to 2004 she took part in six world championships . In 1995 she reached the finals with the South Korean women's team and in 2001 in mixed with Oh Sang-eun . In 1999 she reached the semi-finals in doubles with Park Hae-jung . In the team competition she won bronze in 2000 and 2001.

Kim Moo-kyo qualified three times to take part in the Grand Finals of the ITTF Pro Tour series. Here she came in doubles in 1996 with Park Kyung Ae in the semi-finals and in 1997 with Park Hae-jung in the final. She was also successful at the Asian Championships , where she finished second in doubles in 1998 with Park Hae-jung and in 2000 with Ryu Ji-hae .

At the Summer Olympics , Kim Moo-kyo was represented in doubles in 1996 and 2000 . In 2000 she won bronze with Ryu Ji-hae . In the ITTF world rankings she was in 17th place in March and October 2001.

After the end of her active career, she worked as a trainer.

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
COR	Asian Championship ATTU	2000	Doha	QAT	Semifinals	silver	Quarter finals
COR	Asian Championship ATTU	1998	Osaka	JPN		silver	Semifinals
COR	Asian Cup	1994	Shanghai	CHN	2
COR	Asian Games	2002	Busan	COR	last 16	Semifinals	Quarter finals
COR	Asian Games	1998	Bangkok	THA	Quarter finals	Quarter finals	silver
COR	Asian Games	1994	Hiroshima	JPN	last 16	Semifinals	Quarter finals
COR	Olympic games	2000	Sydney	OUT	no participants	bronze
COR	Olympic games	1996	Atlanta	United States	no participants	4th
COR	Pro tour	2004	Athens	GRE	last 64	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2004	Croatia	HRV	last 64	gold
COR	Pro tour	2002	Gangneung City	COR	last 32	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2002	São Paulo	BRA	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2002	Fort Lauderdale	United States	last 16	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2002	Qingdao City	CHN	last 32	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2002	Doha	QAT	last 16	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2001	Rotterdam	NED	Quarter finals	silver
COR	Pro tour	2001	Bayreuth	GER	Quarter finals	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2001	Yokohama	JPN	Semifinals	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2001	Seoul	COR	last 16	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2001	Doha	QAT	Semifinals	gold
COR	Pro tour	2000	Toulouse	FRA	Quarter finals	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2000	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	Quarter finals	gold
COR	Pro tour	2000	Fort Lauderdale	United States	last 16	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2000	Kobe City	JPN	last 32	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2000	Chang Chun City	CHN	last 32	last 16
COR	Pro tour	1999	Karlskrona	SWE	last 32	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	1999	Lievin	FRA	last 32	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	1999	Kobe City	JPN		Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	1999	Guilin	CHN	last 16	last 16
COR	Pro tour	1999	Zagreb	HRV	Quarter finals	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	1999	Hopton-on-Sea	CLOSELY	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	1998	Ji 'Nan City	CHN	last 16	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	1998	Wakayama	JPN	last 16	last 16
COR	Pro tour	1997	Squid	SWE	last 16	gold
COR	Pro tour	1997	Linz	AUT	last 16	silver
COR	Pro tour	1997	Zhuhai	CHN	Quarter finals	silver
COR	Pro tour	1997	Chiba	JPN	last 16	silver
COR	Pro tour	1997	Ipoh	MAS	last 16	gold
COR	Pro tour	1997	Melbourne	OUT	last 16	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	1997	Fort Lauderdale	United States	last 16	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	1997	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	Quarter finals	silver
COR	Pro tour	1996	Boras	SWE	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	1996	Kitaku-Shu	JPN	silver	Semifinals
COR	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2000	Kobe City	JPN	last 16	Quarter finals
COR	Pro Tour Grand Finals	1997	Hong Kong	HKG	last 16	silver
COR	Pro Tour Grand Finals	1996	Tian Jin	CHN	last 16	Semifinals
COR	World Championship	2004	Doha	QAT				4th
COR	World Championship	2001	Osaka	JPN	last 16	last 16	silver	3-4
COR	World Championship	2000	Kuala Lumpur	MAS				3-4
COR	World Championship	1999	Eindhoven	NED	last 64	Semifinals	last 64
COR	World Championship	1997	Manchester	CLOSELY	last 32	last 16	Quarter finals	4th
COR	World Championship	1995	Tianjin	CHN	last 128	last 16	last 128	2
COR	WTC World Team Cup	1995	Atlanta	United States				3

Individual evidence

1. ^ Croatian Open 2004 (accessed on August 18, 2011)
2. ↑ World rankings from 2001 (accessed on August 18, 2011)
3. ^ ITTF article of March 18, 2008 (accessed August 18, 2011)
4. ↑ Kim Moo-kyo Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed September 9, 2011)

Web links

• Kim Moo-kyo in the Sports-Reference database (archived from the original ) (accessed August 17, 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, Moo-kyo is the first name.