Park Mi-young

Park Mi-young
Nation:	South Korea
Date of birth:	17th November 1981
Place of birth:	Daegu
Playing hand:	right
How to play:	Defender
Best world ranking :	8 (February 2010)

Park Mi-young (born November 17, 1981 in Daegu ) is a South Korean table tennis player . In 2012 she took part in the Olympic Games for the second time.

Career

Park Mi-young achieved the most successes in double competitions with her compatriot Kim Kyung-ah . With her she reached the semi-finals at the 2007 , 2008 and 2011 World Championships . They finished second at the Pro Tour Grand Finals in 2007 and 2008, and even won in 2010. In 2009 they failed at the Asian Cup only in the final. She also helped the South Korean team to achieve good placements, around fifth place at the 2006 and 2010 World Cups and bronze at the 2012 World Cup .

In 2008 she took part in the Olympic Games for the first time. In the individual, she won against Kim Jong (North Korea) and then lost to Wang Nan (China). With the South Korean team she won bronze, she was not qualified for the doubles competition. Four years later she was again represented at the Olympic Games in singles. Again she survived the first round against the Hungarian Georgina Póta , only to be eliminated against Li Xiaoxia (China).

Activities in Germany

In 2008, Park Mi-young was signed by the Bundesliga club FSV Kroppach as a substitute, but was never used there.

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
COR	Asian Championship ATTU	2009	Lucknow	IND		silver
COR	Asian Championship ATTU	2007	Yangzhou	CHN		Quarter finals
COR	Asian Cup	2006	Kobe	JPN	7th place
COR	Asian Games	2010	Guangzhou	CHN	last 16	Quarter finals
COR	Asian Games	2006	Doha	QAT		Quarter finals
COR	Asian Championship ATTU (Juniors)	1997	Sanagi Goa	IND	Semifinals
COR	Olympic games	2008	Beijing	CHN	last 16			3
COR	Pro tour	2012	Shanghai	CHN	last 32	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2012	Incheon City	COR	last 32	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2012	Incheon City	COR	last 32	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2012	Incheon City	COR	last 32	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2012	Almeria	ESP	last 32	gold
COR	Pro tour	2012	Almeria	ESP	last 32	gold
COR	Pro tour	2012	Kuwait City	KUW	last 32	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2012	Doha	QAT	last 16	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2012	Velenje	SLO	last 16	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2012	Budapest	HUN	last 16	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2011	Suzhou	CHN	last 32	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2011	Kobe	JPN	last 32	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2011	Incheon	COR	Quarter finals	silver
COR	Pro tour	2011	Almeria	ESP	Semifinals	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2011	Wladyslawowo	POLE	last 32
COR	Pro tour	2011	Dortmund	GER	last 32
COR	Pro tour	2011	Dubai	UAE	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2011	Doha	QAT	last 32
COR	Pro tour	2011	Sheffield	CLOSELY	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2011	Velenje	SLO	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2010	Suzhou	CHN	last 16	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2010	Incheon	COR	Quarter finals	gold
COR	Pro tour	2010	Kobe	JPN	Semifinals	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2010	Kuwait City	KUW	last 16	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2010	Doha	QAT	last 16	silver
COR	Pro tour	2010	Velenje	SVN	Semifinals	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2009	Warsaw	POLE	silver	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2009	Sheffield	CLOSELY	last 16	gold
COR	Pro tour	2009	Seoul	COR	Semifinals	gold
COR	Pro tour	2009	Wakayama	JPN	gold	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2009	Su Zhou	CHN	Quarter finals	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2009	Doha	QAT	Semifinals	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2009	Kuwait City	KUW	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2008	Singapore	SIN	last 16	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2008	Daejeon	COR		Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2008	Daejeon	COR	last 16	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2008	Yokohama	JPN				3
COR	Pro tour	2008	Changchun	CHN	last 16			2
COR	Pro tour	2008	Santiago	CHI	Semifinals	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2008	Belo Horizonte	BRA		gold
COR	Pro tour	2008	Belo Horizonte	BRA	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2008	Doha	QAT	last 16	silver
COR	Pro tour	2008	Kuwait City	KUW	last 16	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2007	Stockholm	SWE	last 32	gold
COR	Pro tour	2007	Bremen	GER	last 16	silver
COR	Pro tour	2007	Toulouse	FRA	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2007	Taipei	TPE	last 32	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2007	Nanjing	CHN	last 32	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2007	Chiba	JPN	last 32	silver
COR	Pro tour	2007	Seongnam	COR	last 16	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2007	Salwa Cup	KUW	last 16	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2007	Doha	QAT	last 32
COR	Pro tour	2007	Velenje	SVN	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2007	Zagreb	HRV	last 64	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2006	Yokohama	JPN	last 64	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2006	Guangzhou	CHN	Quarter finals	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2006	Singapore	SIN	last 32	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2006	Santiago	CHI	gold	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2006	Sao Paulo	BRA	last 16	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2006	Kunshan	CHN	last 16	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2006	Taipei	TPE	last 32
COR	Pro tour	2006	Jeonju	COR	Semifinals	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2005	Gothenburg	SWE	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2005	Magdeburg	GER	last 32	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2005	Fort Lauderdale	United States	last 32	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2005	Santiago	CHI	last 32	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2005	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	last 16	silver
COR	Pro tour	2005	Suncheon	COR	last 16	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2004	Kobe	JPN	last 32	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2004	Singapore	SIN	last 64
COR	Pro tour	2003	Kobe	JPN	last 64
COR	Pro tour	2003	Jeju-Si	COR	last 32	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2002	Gangneung City	COR	last 32
COR	Pro tour	2001	Farum	THE	last 32	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2001	Skovde	SWE	last 32	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2001	Hainan	CHN	last 16	Rd 1
COR	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2011	London	CLOSELY	last 16
COR	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2010	Seoul	COR	last 16	gold
COR	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2009	Macau	MAC	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
COR	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2008	Macau	MAC		silver
COR	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2007	Beijing	CHN		silver
COR	World Championship	2012	Dortmund	GER				3
COR	World Championship	2011	Rotterdam	NED	last 64	Semifinals
COR	World Championship	2010	Moscow	RUS				5
COR	World Championship	2009	Yokohama	JPN	last 16	Semifinals	last 64
COR	World Championship	2007	Zagreb	HRV	last 32	Semifinals	Quarter finals
COR	World Championship	2006	Bremen	GER				5
COR	World cup	2011	Magdeburg	GER				5th place
COR	World cup	2010	Kuala Lumpur	MAS	5th-8th space
COR	World cup	2009	Guangzhou	CHN	5th-8th space
COR	WTC World Team Cup	2010	Dubai	UAE				3rd place
COR	WTC World Team Cup	2007	Magdeburg	GER				2

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Change of club from Korea to Kroppach (accessed on August 20, 2012) ( Memento from February 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
2. ↑ Martina Emmert: 3B Berlin wants to annoy favorites from Kroppach , message from August 31, 2008 on tischtennis.de (accessed on August 20, 2012) ( Memento of the original from March 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Park Mi-young results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed August 20, 2012)

Web links

• Park Mi-young biography on the website of the World Table Tennis Association ittf.com (accessed on August 20, 2012)
• Park Mi-young Article about Park Mi-young on the website of the World Table Tennis Association ittf.com (accessed August 20, 2012)
• Park Mi-young in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ) (accessed August 20, 2012)

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Park is the family name here, Mi-young is the first name.