Kim Song-i
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| Chosŏn'gŭl | 김송이 |
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| Hancha | 金松怡 |
| Revised Romanization | Kim Sung-I |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Song-I |
Kim Song-i (Korean pronunciation: [kim.soŋ.i]; born 10 August 1994) is a North Korean table tennis player. As of November 2017, she is ranked 23rd in the world based on ITTF rankings.[2]
Kim plays a highly defensive
Amrokkang Sports Club.[4]
She won the bronze medal for North Korea at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Early life
Kim was born on 10 August 1994 to a working-class family in
Phyongchon District, Pyongyang.[5][4] She went to the Ponghak Primary School and later the Sosong District Juvenile Sports School.[4]
Career
In 2012 in Helsingborg she won the Women's Singles title at the Swedish Open.[6]
2016 Rio Olympics
In the third round, she surprisingly beat Japan's
2016 Olympics.[5]
References
- ^ Bio - KIM Song I, NBC Olympics
- ^ "World Ranking". ITTF. Archived from the original on 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
- ^ Marshall, Ian (11 August 2016). "Birthday present for Kim Song I, the bronze medal". ITTF. Archived from the original on 13 August 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
- ^ a b c "Secret of Success". Naenara. Foreign Languages Publishing House. 19 July 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ a b "KIM Song I". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-06.
- ^ Marshall, Ian (June 10, 2012). "Hampus Nordberg and Kim Song I Awarded Highest Swedish Qualifications". ITTF. Archived from the original on August 25, 2016.
- ^ "Olympic Ranking - July 2016". ITTF.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Marshall, Ian (10 August 2016). ""Ding Ning reaches final, Kim Song I provides stern test"". ITTF.