Kim Yun-mi (table tennis player)
Kim Yun-mi | |
Nation: | North Korea |
Date of birth: | April 28, 1981 |
Place of birth: | Pyongyang |
Size: | 162 cm |
Weight: | 55 kg |
Playing hand: | right |
How to play: | Penholder (attack) |
Best world ranking : | 31 (November-December 2001) |
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Kim Yun-mi ( Korean 김윤미; born April 28, 1981 in Pyongyang ) is a former North Korean table tennis player .
She is right-handed and uses the European penholder stick position as a handle . Kim took part in the 2004 Olympic Games individual competition. Here she won against the Nigerian Cecilia Otu Offiong and lost to the Chinese Wang Nan .
In 2000, the North Korean competed in her first world championship , where she reached the round of 16 with the team. In 2001 she was able to win bronze in the individual as well as silver with the team at the same event. In this tournament she surprised her opponents with her unusual style: on the forehand she pulled topspins with a sponge coating, with long pimples on the backhand she repeatedly managed to stab the ball off in a disgusting way .
In 2002 she won the Asian Games with the North Korean selection .
Results from the ITTF database
Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
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PRK | Asian Games | 2002 | Busan | COR | last 16 | Quarter finals | last 32 | 1 |
PRK | Olympic games | 2004 | Athens | GRE | last 32 | |||
PRK | Volkswagen Open | 2004 | Cheng you | CHN | last 32 | last 16 | ||
PRK | Pro tour | 2004 | Beijing | CHN | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
PRK | World Championship | 2001 | Osaka | JPN | Semifinals | 2 | ||
PRK | World Championship | 2000 | Kuala Lumpur | MAS | 9 |
Web links
- Kim Yun-mi on the website of (tt-infos.de) (accessed on March 6, 2020)
- Player profile about Kim Yun-mi on tabletennis.guide (accessed March 6, 2020)
- Kim Yun-mi in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ) (accessed March 6, 2020)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Kim Yun Wed. Retrieved March 6, 2020 .
- ↑ Kim Yun Mi: video, ranking. Retrieved March 6, 2020 .
literature
- Rahul Nelson: Korea-Uschi - With her unusual technique, the North Korean shocked almost everyone and almost reached the final, DTS magazine , 2001/5 page 18
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kim, Yun-mi |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 김윤미 |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | North Korean table tennis player |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 28, 1981 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Pyongyang |