Kim Song-i
| Kim Song-i | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Kim (blue) at the 2016 Summer Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
| Nationality |
 North Korea |
| Born | August 10, 1994[1] |
| Playing style | Right-handed, Classic[2] |
| Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) |
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb; 8.7 st) |
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| Kim Song-i | |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 김송이 |
|---|---|
| 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 July 2017, she is ranked 19th in the world based on ITTF rankings.[3]
Kim plays a highly defensive style with plenty of slice, occasionally injecting pace with top spin strokes from the forehand.[4]
In 2012 in Helsingborg she won the Women's Singles title at the Swedish Open.[5]
She won the bronze medal for North Korea at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
2016 Rio Olympics
In the third round, she surprisingly beat Japan's Kasumi Ishikawa, ranked number six in the world.,[6] 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. 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.[1]
References
- 1 2 "KIM Song I". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-06.
- ↑ Bio - KIM Song I, NBC Olympics
- ↑ "World Ranking". ITTF. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
- ↑ Marshall, Ian (11 August 2016). "Birthday present for Kim Song I, the bronze medal". ITTF. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
- ↑ Marshall, Ian (June 10, 2012). "Hampus Nordberg and Kim Song I Awarded Highest Swedish Qualifications". ITTF.
- ↑ "Olympic Ranking - July 2016". ITTF.