Kim Kyung-ah

Kim Kyungah
Personal information
Full nameKim Kyungah
Nationality South Korea
Born (1977-05-25) 25 May 1977 (age 47)[1]
Daejeon, South Korea
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Table tennis career
Playing styleRight-handed, shakehand grip
Highest ranking4 (Aug – Oct 2010)[2]
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  South Korea
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Team
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Zagreb Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Yokohama Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Rotterdam Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Dortmund Team
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Doha Team
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Doha Mixed Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Guangzhou Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Guangzhou Team
Korean name
Hangul
김경아
Hanja
Revised RomanizationKim Gyeong-ah
McCune–ReischauerKim Kyŏng-a

Kim Kyungah (Korean pronunciation: [kim.ɡjʌŋ.a]; born May 25, 1977, in Daejeon, South Korea) is a South Korean table tennis player.[1] She was the bronze medalist in women's singles at 2004 Athens Olympics.[3] She was 6th in the ITTF world ranking as of March 2013.[4]

In May 2011, Kim Kyungah qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.[5] She was eliminated in the quarter-finals as a single player. Her team made it to the bronze medal match, but was defeated by the Singaporean team.

  1. ^ a b "ITTF player's profile". International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-06-16. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
  2. ^ "ITTF world ranking". International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 2010-09-18. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
  3. ^ "Kim's Olympic results". sports-reference.com/olympics/. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
  4. ^ "World Ranking". Archived from the original on 2012-08-13. Retrieved 2011-10-28. ITTF World Ranking Kim Kyung Ah (accessed October 28, 2011).
  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-03-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Players qualified for the 2012 London Olympics.