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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 Song-i
Kim at the 2017 Summer Universiade
Personal information
Nationality	North Korea
Born	(1994-08-10) August 10, 1994 (age 28) Phyongchon District, Pyongyang
Playing style	Right-handed, Classic[1]
Club	Amrokkang Sports Club
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Medal record Representing  North Korea Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Singles World Championships 2016 Kuala Lumpur Team Representing  Korea World Championships 2018 Halmstad Team

Kim Song-i
Chosŏn'gŭl	김송이
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

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 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

На других языках

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[de] Kim Song-i

Kim Song-i (koreanisch 김송이; * 10. August 1994 in Pjöngjang) ist eine nordkoreanische Tischtennisspielerin. Sie gewann 2016 bei den Olympischen Spielen im Einzel[2] und bei den Weltmeisterschaften 2016 und 2018 mit dem Team Bronze.[3][4]

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- [en] Kim Song-i

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[it] Kim Song-i

Kim Song-i[1] (hangŭl: 최미선) (10 agosto 1994) è una tennistavolista nordcoreana, vincitrice della medaglia di bronzo nel singolare ai Giochi di Rio de Janeiro 2016.

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[ru] Ким Сон И

Ким Сон И (кор. 김송이 род. 10 августа 1994 года) — северокорейская спортсменка, игрок в настольный теннис. На декабрь 2016 года занимала 30-е место в мире в рейтинге ИТТФ.[3] Бронзовая медалистка Олимпийских игр 2016.

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