Kim Moon-soo (badminton)

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This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.
Olympic medal record
Men's Badminton
Gold 1992 Barcelona Doubles
Kim Moon-soo (badminton)
Hangul 김문수
Hanja 金文秀
Revised Romanization Gim Mun-su
McCune-Reischauer Kim Mun-su

Kim Moon-Soo (born December 29, 1963) is a former male badminton player from South Korea.

He has won 2 titles in the World Badminton Championships in men's doubles. He also won a gold medal at the Summer Olympics and 3 All England Open Badminton Championships titles.

Kim was included in the Badminton Hall of Fame in 2002.

[edit] Career

[edit] 1992 Summer Olympcis

Kim competed for Korea in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Park Joo-bong. They won the gold medal defeating Eddy Hartono and Rudy Gunawan from Indonesia 15-11, 15-7.

[edit] Major achievements

Rank Event Date Venue
World Championships
1 Men's doubles 1985 Calgary, CAN
1 Men's doubles 1991 Copenhagen, DEN
3 Men's doubles 1987 Beijing, CHN
Asian Games
1 Men's doubles 1986
Asian Championships
1 Men's doubles 1991 Kuala Lumpur, MAS
World Grand Prix
1 Men's doubles 1985, 1986, 1990 All England Open
1 Men's doubles 1991, 1992 Korea Open
1 Men's doubles 1991 Indonesia Open
1 Men's doubles 1991 Singapore Open
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