Kang Mi-soon

Kang Mi-soon
NationalityChinese (before 2008)
South Korean (after 2008)
BornJiang Meishun
(1993-02-16) 16 February 1993 (age 31)
Daqing,[1] Heilongjiang, China
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Weight62 kg (137 lb)[2]
Table tennis career
Playing styleLeft-handed shakehand grip
Highest ranking30 (March 2011)[3]
Kang Mi-soon
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese姜美順
Simplified Chinese姜美顺
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJiāng Měishùn
Korean name
Hangul강미순
Transcriptions
Revised RomanizationGang Misun
In this Korean name, the family name is Kang.

Kang Mi-soon (Korean: 강미순; Hanja: 姜美順; Chinese: 姜美顺, born 16 February 1993[4]) is a Chinese-South Korean table tennis player. An ethnic Korean born in China,[1] she became a naturalized South Korean in 2008.[4]

Playing for a club in Qingdao at age 14, Kang was ranked No. 6 in China's second division, when she emigrated to South Korea. Her mother had settled in South Korea two years prior, in 2005.[5]

  1. ^ a b "귀화 탁구선수 강미순, 이달말 국내 데뷔". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). 6 March 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b "강미순". Naver (in Korean). Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  3. ^ "ITTF World ranking progression - Kang Misoon". ITTF. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  4. ^ a b "ITTF Eligibility Registration". ITTF. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  5. ^ Lee Dongyun (14 January 2009). ""할아버지 나라서 태극마크 달래요"". Munhwa Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved 16 February 2020.