Kim Kyungah
Personal information
Full nameKim Kyungah
Nationality South Korea
Born (1977-05-25) 25 May 1977[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.

Career records

Olympic Games

CompetitionYearLocationCountrySinglesDoublesMixedTeam
Olympic Games2012LondonEnglandQF4th Place
Olympic Games2008BeijingChinaRound of 163rd Place
Olympic Games2004AthensGreece3rd Place4th Place

World Championship

CompetitionYearLocationCountrySinglesDoublesMixedTeam
World Championship2012DortmundGermany3rd Place
World Championship2011RotterdamNetherlandsRound of 32SF
World Championship2010MoscowRussia5th Place
World Championship2009YokohamaJapanRound of 32SF
World Championship2007ZagrebCroatiaQFSF
World Championship2006BremenGermany5th Place
World Championship2005ShanghaiChinaRound of 32Round of 16Round of 32
World Championship2004DohaQatar4th Place
World Championship2003ParisFranceRound of 16Round of 16

Asian Games

CompetitionYearLocationCountrySinglesDoublesMixedTeam
Asian Games2010GuangzhouChinaSFQF
Asian Games2006DohaQatarQFQFSF

World Cup

CompetitionYearLocationCountrySinglesDoublesMixedTeam
World Cup2011SingaporeSingapore5-8th Places
World Cup2010Kuala LumpurMalaysia5-8th Places
World Cup2009GuangzhouChina5-8th Places
World Cup2008Kuala LumpurMalaysia5-8th Places
World Cup2006ÜrümqiChina5-8th Places
World Cup2005GuangzhouChina9-12th Places
World Cup2004HangzhouChina5-8th Places
World Cup2003Hong KongHong Kong5-8th Places

World Tour

CompetitionYearLocationCountrySinglesDoublesMixedTeam
World Tour Grand Finals2012HangzhouChinaRound of 16QF
World Tour2012SantosBrazilWinner
World Tour2012KobeJapanRunner-up
World Tour2012ShanghaiChinaRound of 16SF
World Tour2012IncheonKorea RepublicRound of 16QF
World Tour2012SantiagoChileWinner
World Tour2012AlemriaSpainWinnerWinner
World Tour2012Kuwait CityKuwaitRunner-upRound of 16
World Tour2012DohaQatarQFQF
Pro Tour2011IncheonKorea RepublicRound of 16Runner-up
Pro Tour2011AlmeriaSpainRound of 32QF
Pro Tour2011DortmundGermanyRound of 16
Pro Tour2011DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesQF
Pro Tour2011DohaQatarQF
Pro Tour2011SheffieldEnglandRound of 16
Pro Tour2011VelenjeSloveniaRound of 32
Pro Tour Grand Finals2010SeoulKorea RepublicRound of 16Winner
Pro Tour2010SuzhouChinaRunner-upRound of 16
Pro Tour2010IncheonKorea RepublicRound of 16Winner
Pro Tour2010KobeJapanSFSF
Pro Tour2010BerlinGermanyQF
Pro Tour2010Kuwait CityKuwaitRound of 16SF
Pro Tour2010DohaQatarQFRunner-up
Pro Tour Grand Finals2009MacaoMacaoSFQF
Pro Tour2009WarsawPolandRound of 32QF
Pro Tour2009SheffieldEnglandSFWinner
Pro Tour2009SeoulKorea RepublicQFWinner
Pro Tour2009SuzhouChinaSFSF
Pro Tour2009FrederikshavnDenmarkRunner-up
Pro Tour2009VelenjeSloveniaQFRunner-up
Pro Tour Grand Finals2008MacaoMacaoQFRunner-up
Pro Tour2008SingaporeSingaporeQFSF
Pro Tour2008DaejeonKorea RepublicRound of 32QF
Pro Tour2008YokohamaJapanRound of 163rd Place
Pro Tour2008ChangchunChinaRound of 162nd Place
Pro Tour2008SantiagoChileRunner-upSF
Pro Tour2008Belo HorizonteBrazilQFWinner
Pro Tour2008DohaQatarRound of 32Runner-up
Pro Tour2008Kuwait CityKuwaitRound of 32Round of 16
Pro Tour Grand Finals2007BeijingChinaRunner-up
Pro Tour2007StockholmSwedenRound of 32Winner
Pro Tour2007BremenGermanyRound of 16Runner-up
Pro Tour2007ToulouseFranceRound of 32QF
Pro Tour2007TaipeiChinese TaipeiQFQF
Pro Tour2007ChibaJapanRound of 64Runner-up
Pro Tour2007SeongnamKorea RepublicSFQF
Pro Tour2007Kuwait CityKuwaitRound of 16SF
Pro Tour2007DohaQatarRound of 16
Pro Tour2006GuangzhouChinaRound of 16SF
Pro Tour2006SingaporeSingaporeSFRound of 16
Pro Tour2006JeonjuKorea RepublicSFSF
Pro Tour Grand Finals2005FuzhouChinaQFRunner-up
Pro Tour2005GothenburgSwedenRound of 32QF
Pro Tour2005MagdeburgGermanySFRunner-up
Pro Tour2005YokohamaJapanQFRunner-up
Pro Tour2005Fort LauderdaleUSARound of 32QF
Pro Tour2005SantiagoChileWinnerRound of 16
Pro Tour2005Rio de JaneiroBrazilWinnerQF
Pro Tour2005SuncheonKorea RepublicWinnerRound of 16
Pro Tour2005DohaQatarQF
Pro Tour Grand Finals2004BeijingChinaQF
Pro Tour2004St. PetersburgRussiaRunner-upQF
Pro Tour2004WelsAustriaRound of 64
Pro Tour2004KobeJapanQFQF
Pro Tour2004ZagrebCroatiaWinner
Pro Tour2004ChicagoUSASFSF
Pro Tour2004SingaporeSingaporeQF
Pro Tour2004PyeongchangKorea RepublicRound of 16QF
Pro Tour2004CairoEgyptQFQF
Pro Tour2004AthensGreeceQFRound of 16
Pro Tour Grand Finals2003GuangzhouChinaRound of 16
Pro Tour2003AarhusDenmarkRound of 16QF
Pro Tour2003BremenGermanyRound of 16Round of 16
Pro Tour2003KobeJapanRound of 16
Pro Tour2003GuangzhouChinaRound of 16Round of 16
Pro Tour2003JejuKorea RepublicQFRound of 16
Pro Tour2003Rio de JaneiroBrazilSF
Pro Tour2003ZagrebCroatiaRound of 16
Pro Tour2002FarumDenmarkRound of 16Round of 16
Pro Tour2002KobeJapanWinnerRunner-up
Pro Tour2002GangneungKorea RepublicQFQF
Pro Tour2002QingdaoChinaRound of 16SF
Pro Tour Grand Finals2001HainanChinaQFQF
Pro Tour2001BayreuthGermanyQFWinner
Pro Tour2001YokohamaJapanRunner-upWinner
Pro Tour2001SeoulKorea RepublicQFRound of 16
Pro Tour2001RotterdamNetherlandsRound of 32SF
Pro Tour2000Rio de JaneiroBrazilRound of 32Round of 16
Pro Tour2000KobeJapanRound of 16
Pro Tour2000WarsawPolandRound 1
Pro Tour2000UmeaSwedenRound of 32Round 1
Pro Tour2000Fort LauderdaleUSARound of 32Round of 16
Pro Tour1998SundsvallSwedenQFQF
Pro Tour1998BelgradeYugoslaviaRound of 16QF
Pro Tour1997BelgradeYugoslaviaRound of 32Round of 16

World Team Cup

CompetitionYearLocationCountrySinglesDoublesMixedTeam
World Team Cup2010DubaiUnited Arab Emirates3rd Place
World Team Cup2007MagdeburgGermany2nd Place

Asian Championship

CompetitionYearLocationCountrySinglesDoublesMixedTeam
Asian Championship2009LucknowIndiaQFRunner-up
Asian Championship2007YangzhouChinaQFQF
Asian Championship2005JejuKorea RepublicQFQF
Asian Championship2003BangkokThailandQFQF

Asian Cup

CompetitionYearLocationCountrySinglesDoublesMixedTeam
Asian Cup2003KitakyushuJapan6th Place

References

  1. 1 2 "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.
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