Kim_Song-hui_(table_tennis)

Kim Song-hui (table tennis)

Kim Song-hui (table tennis)

North Korean table tennis player

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Kim Song-hui (born 25 November 1968) is a male North Korean former international table tennis player.[1]

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He won a bronze medal at the 1987 World Table Tennis Championships and 1989 World Table Tennis Championships in the men's team event. Two years later he won another bronze medal at the 1991 in the mixed doubles with Ri Pun-hui as part of the unified Korean team. He also competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics.[2]

He married Ri on 27 September 1992 in a ceremony in Pyongyang after getting engaged to her in June that year.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  2. [2]
    "Kim Song-hui". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  3. [3]
    "北탁구 김성희·리분희 약혼" [North table tennis Kim Song-hui, Ri Pun-hui engaged]. Kyunghyang Shinmun. 25 July 1991. p. 11. Retrieved 22 February 2018 – via Naver News Library.
  4. [4]
    "北韓탁구스타 이분희양 김성희군 結婚" [North Korean table tennis stars Ms. Yi Pun-hui and Mr. Kim Song-hui marry]. The Dong-a Ilbo. 10 November 1992. p. 19. Retrieved 22 February 2018 – via Naver News Library.


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