Kim Yun-ja

Kim Yun-ja
Hangul	김연자
Hanja	金練子
Revised Romanization	Gim Yeon-ja
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Yŏn-cha

Kim Yun-ja
Kim Yun-ja
Personal information
Country	South Korea
Born	15 May 1963 (age 61)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing South Korea
World Championships
World Games
World Cup
Uber Cup
Asian Games
Asian Championships

Kim Yun-ja (Korean: 김연자; Hanja: 金練子, born May 15, 1963) is a retired female badminton player from South Korea. She is the last player to win All England Open titles in both singles and doubles.

In 1989, Kim married Sung Han-kook, a fellow world-class player who later went on to become the national team head coach.^[1] Sung and Kim's daughter Sung Ji-hyun is also a badminton player.^[2]

Career

She won two World Championship bronze medals in women's doubles, one at the 1985 IBF World Championships with Yoo Sang-hee, and another at the 1987 IBF World Championships with Chung So-young.^{[citation needed]}

Achievements

Asian Championships

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1983	Calcutta, India	Park Joo-bong	Hafid Yusuf Ruth Damayanti	15–3, 15–2	Gold

Singles

Outcome	Event	Year	Venue	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Asian Games
3	Singles	1986	Seoul, South Korea
3	Singles	1982	New Delhi, India
Asian Championships
2	Singles	1983	Calcutta, India	Yoo Sang-hee	6-11, 2-11
All England Open
1	Singles	1986	London, England	Qian Ping	11-6, 12-11
Other Open Tournaments
1	Singles	1987	French Open	Lee Young-suk	11-4, 5-11, 11-0
1	Singles	1986	German Open	Helen Troke	11-1, 8-11, 12-10
1	Singles	1985	Denmark Open	Kirsten Larsen	11-4, 11-2

Doubles

Outcome	Event	Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
World Championships
3	WD	1987	Beijing, China	Chung So-young
3	WD	1985	Calgary, Canada	Yoo Sang-hee
Asian Games
2	WD	1986	Seoul, South Korea	Yoo Sang-hee	Lin & Guan
2	WD	1982	New Delhi, India	Yoo Sang-hee	Kang & Hwang	13-18, 15–7, 7-15
All England Open
1	WD	1988	London, England	Chung So-young	Chung & Hwang	withdraw
Other Open Tournaments
1	WD	1988	Belgian Open	Yoo Sang-hee	Kjaer & Nielsen	15-12, 15-2
1	XD	1987	French Open	Park Joo-bong	Christiansen & Dijck	15-10, 15-7
1	WD	1986	Scandinavian Open	Yoo Sang-hee	Chung & Chung	15-7, 15-4
1	WD	1986	German Open	Yoo Sang-hee	Chung & Chung	15-10, 15-5
1	WD	1985	Danish Open	Yoo Sang-hee	Magnusson & Bengtsson	12-15, 18–14, 15-1
1	WD	1985	Danish Open	Yoo Sang-hee	Gilks & Perry	15-7, 15-7
1	WD	1985	Japan Open	Yoo Sang-hee	Wu & Guan	15-4, 3-15, 15-4
1	WD	1984	Swedish Open	Yoo Sang-hee	Yonekura & Tokuda	15-11, 10–15, 15-9
1	WD	1984	Danish Open	Yoo Sang-hee	Yonekura & Tokuda	3-15, 15–3, 15-13
1	WD	1983	Malaysia Open	Yoo Sang-hee	Perry & Webster	11-15, 15–4, 15-7

References

^ "Badminton National Team, rest, Wedding March". Naver News Library. Donga Ilbo. 25 January 1991. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
^ Hearn, Don (7 January 2010). "SUNG JI HYUN – Carrying on a Family Tradition". Badzine.net. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2017.

External links

[1] "Badminton National Team, rest, Wedding March". Naver News Library. Donga Ilbo. 25 January 1991. Retrieved 4 November 2017.

[2] Hearn, Don (7 January 2010). "SUNG JI HYUN – Carrying on a Family Tradition". Badzine.net. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2017.

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