Kim Mi-Yong | |
Birth Date: | 6 May 1983 |
Birth Place: | Nampo, Pyeongannam, North Korea |
Weight: | 550NaN0 |
Playingstyle: | Left-handed, classic |
Equipment: | Butterfly |
Club: | Abrokkang Sports Club |
Hrank: | 60 (May 2006) |
Crank: | 84 (January 2010) |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Kim Mi-Yong (also Kim Mi-Yeong, Korean: 김미영; born 6 May 1983 in Nampo, Pyeongannam) is a North Korean table tennis player.[1] She won a gold medal, as a member of the North Korea table tennis team, at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, and silver at the 2001 World Table Tennis Championships in Osaka, Japan.[2] As of January 2010, Kim is ranked no. 84 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).[3] Kim is a member of the table tennis team for Abrokkang Sports Club, and is coached and trained by Ri To Yong.[4] She is also left-handed, and uses the offensive, classic grip.[4]
Kim qualified for the women's singles tournament, along with her teammate Kim Jong at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by receiving a place as one of the top 7 seeded players from the Asian Qualification Tournament in Hong Kong.[5] [6] She received a single bye for the first round match, before losing out to Lithuania's Rūta Paškauskienė, with a set score of 3–4.[7]