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]
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 Kim at the 2017 Summer Universiade | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | North Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 August 1994 Phyongchon District, Pyongyang | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing style | Right-handed, Classic[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Amrokkang Sports Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Kim Song-i | |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 김송이 |
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| Hancha | 金松怡 |
| Revised Romanization | Kim Sung-I |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Song-I |
Kim plays a highly defensive style with plenty of slice, occasionally injecting pace with top spin strokes from the forehand.[3] She represents the Amrokkang Sports Club.[4]
She won the bronze medal for North Korea at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Early life
editKim 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
editIn 2012 in Helsingborg she won the Women's Singles title at the Swedish Open.[6]
2016 Rio Olympics
editIn the third round, she surprisingly beat Japan's Kasumi Ishikawa, ranked number six in the world.,[7] In the quarter-finals, she went on to beat Singaporean Yu Mengyu, ranked 13th, with a score of 4-2 before losing to second-ranked Ding Ning in the semifinals with a score of 4–1. However, Kim was not an easy opponent for Ding, who was both stressed and exhausted after the match.[8] In the bronze medal match, she beat Japan's Ai Fukuhara with a score of 4–1 to take the bronze medal of the 2016 Olympics.[5]
References
edit- ^ 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.