Kim Yun-ja

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Kim Yun-ja
Personal information
CountrySouth Korea
Born (1963-05-15) 15 May 1963
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  South Korea
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1985 Calgary Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1987 Beijing Women's doubles
World Games
Bronze medal – third place 1981 Santa Clara Women's doubles
World Cup
Silver medal – second place 1985 Kuala Lumpur Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 1988 Bangkok Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1983 Kuala Lumpur Women's doubles
Uber Cup
Silver medal – second place 1988 Kuala Lumpur Women's team
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 1982 New Delhi Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 1986 Seoul Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1982 New Delhi Women's singles
Bronze medal – third place 1986 Seoul Women's singles
Bronze medal – third place 1982 New Delhi Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 1986 Seoul Women's team
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 1985 Kuala Lumpur Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 1983 Calcutta Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 1983 Calcutta Women's singles
Kim Yun-ja
Hangul
김연자
Hanja
金練子
RRGim Yeonja
MRKim Yŏnja

Kim Yun-ja (Korean: 김연자, born May 15, 1963) is a retired female badminton player from South Korea. She is the last player to win All England Open titles in both singles and doubles.

In 1989, Kim married Sung Han-kook, a fellow world-class player who later went on to become the national team head coach.[1] Sung and Kim's daughter Sung Ji-hyun is also a badminton player.[2]

Career

Kim was one of a Korean finest women's badminton player in early 1980's where she won 2 bronzes in women's singles and 2 silvers in women's doubles at 1982 Asian Games and 1986 Asian Games.[3][4] Kim also snatched two golds and one silver medals in 1983 and 1985 Asian Championships which two of it in women's doubles and another one in mixed doubles.[5][6] In the World Championships, Kim won two bronze medals in women's doubles, one at the 1985 IBF World Championships with Yoo Sang-hee,[7] and another at the 1987 IBF World Championships with Chung So-young.[8]

Post-Retirement

She has long been retired from the sports since 1988 and stay with the sports as a fulltime instructor specifically for badminton in Hansei University.[9] In 1998, She became a professor and working in several universities such as Hankuk University of Foreign Studies and Korea National Sports University[9][10]

Achievements

Olympic Games

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1988
(Exhibition) 		Seoul National University Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea South Korea Chung So-young China Guan Weizhen
China Lin Ying 		15–11, 14–17, 15–5 Gold

World Championships

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1985 Olympic Saddledome, Calgary, Canada South Korea Yoo Sang-hee China Han Aiping
China Li Lingwei 		10–15, 15–9, 17–18 Gold Bronze
1987 Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing, China South Korea Chung So-young China Guan Weizhen
China Lin Ying 		15–12, 12–15, 4–15 Bronze Bronze

World Games

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1981 San Jose Civic Auditorium, California, United States South Korea Hwang Sun-ai United Kingdom Jane Webster
United Kingdom Nora Perry 		15–8, 14–17, 10–15 Bronze Bronze

World Cup

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1983 Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia South Korea Yoo Sang-hee China Han Aiping
China Li Lingwei 		14–17, 3–15 Bronze Bronze
1985 Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia South Korea Yoo Sang-hee China Lin Ying
China Wu Dixi 		4–15, 5–15 Silver Silver
1988 National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand South Korea Chung So-young China Guan Weizhen
China Lin Ying 		3–15, 7–15 Silver Silver

Asian Games

Women' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1982 Indraprashtha Stadium, New Delhi, India China Li Lingwei 5–11, 8–11 Bronze Bronze
1986 Olympic Gymnastics Arena, Seoul, South Korea China Han Aiping 7–11, 9–12 Bronze Bronze

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1982 Indraprashtha Stadium, New Delhi, India South Korea Yoo Sang-hee South Korea Hwang Sun-ai
South Korea Kang Haeng-suk 		13–18, 15–7, 7–15 Silver Silver
1986 Olympic Gymnastics Arena, Seoul, South Korea South Korea Yoo Sang-hee China Lin Ying
China Guan Weizhen 		9–15, 15–8, 10–15 Silver Silver

Asian Championships

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1983 Netaji Indoor Stadium, Calcutta, India South Korea Yoo Sang-hee 6–11, 2–11 Silver Silver

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1983 Netaji Indoor Stadium, Calcutta, India South Korea Yoo Sang-hee China Fan Ming
China Guan Weizhen 		15–10, 6–15, 14–17 Bronze Bronze
1985 Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia South Korea Yoo Sang-hee South Korea Hwang Hye-young
South Korea Chung So-young 		15–5, 15–4 Gold Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1983 Calcutta, India South Korea Park Joo-bong Indonesia Hafid Yusuf
Indonesia Ruth Damayanti 		15–3, 15–2 Gold Gold

IBF World Grand Prix (19 titles, 8 runners-up)

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
1984 Swedish Open Japan Fumiko Tookairin 11–6, 5–11, 10–12 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-Up
1985 Scandinavian Cup Denmark Kirsten Larsen 11–4, 11–2 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1986 German Open England Helen Troke 11–1, 8–11, 12–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1986 All England Open China Qian Ping 11–6, 12–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1987 French Open South Korea Lee Young-suk 11–4, 5–11, 11–0 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1983 Denmark Open South Korea Yoo Sang-hee
1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1983 Malaysia Open South Korea Yoo Sang-hee England Jane Webster
England Nora Perry 		11–15, 15–4, 15–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1983 India Open South Korea Yoo Sang-hee Indonesia Ruth Damyanti
Indonesia Maria Francisca 		15–7, 15–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1984 Denmark Open South Korea Yoo Sang-hee Japan Atsuko Tokuda
Japan Yoshiko Yonekura 		3–15, 15–5, 15–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1984 Swedish Open South Korea Yoo Sang-hee Japan Atsuko Tokuda
Japan Yoshiko Yonekura 		15–11, 8–15, 15–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1984 All England Open South Korea Yoo Sang-hee China Lin Ying
China Wu Dixi 		8–15, 15–8, 14–17 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1984 Scandinavian Cup South Korea Yoo Sang-hee China Lin Ying
China Wu Dixi 		1–15, 7–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1985 Japan Open South Korea Yoo Sang-hee China Guan Weizhen
China Wu Jianqiu 		15–5, 15–3 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1985 Denmark Open South Korea Yoo Sang-hee England Gillian Gilks
England Nora Perry 		15–7, 15–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1985 Scandinavian Open South Korea Yoo Sang-hee Sweden Maria Bengtsson
Sweden Christine Magnusson 		8–15, 15–5, 15–1 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1986 German Open South Korea Yoo Sang-hee South Korea Hwang Hye-young
South Korea Chung So-young 		15–10, 15–5 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1986 Scandinavian Open South Korea Yoo Sang-hee South Korea Chung Myung-hee
South Korea Chung So-young 		15–7, 17–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1986 All England Open South Korea Yoo Sang-hee South Korea Hwang Hye-young
South Korea Chung So-young 		5–15, 15–6, 8–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1986 China Open South Korea Yoo Sang-hee Indonesia Ivana Lie
Indonesia Verawaty Fadjrin 		8–15, 10–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1987 Hong Kong Open South Korea Chung So-young Indonesia Ivana Lie
Indonesia Rosiana Tendean 		18–14, 11–15, 15–2 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1988 Poona Open South Korea Yoo Sang-hee Denmark Dorte Kjaer
Denmark Nettie Nielsen 		15–12, 15–2 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1988 All England Open South Korea Chung So-young South Korea Chung Myung-hee
South Korea Hwang Hye-young 		15–8, 9–15 retired 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1988 French Open South Korea Chung So-young South Korea Chung Myung-hee
South Korea Hwang Hye-young 		9–15, 13–18 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1988 Canadian Open South Korea Chung So-young Netherlands Eline Coene
Netherlands Erica van Dijck 		4–15, 3–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1988 U.S. Open South Korea Chung So-young South Korea Cho Young-suk
South Korea Lee Myung-hee 		17–14, 15–4 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1988 Malaysia Open South Korea Chung So-young China Guan Weizhen
China Lin Ying 		6–15, 3–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1987 French Open South Korea Park Joo-bong Denmark Mark Christiansen
Netherlands Erica Van Den Heuvel 		15–10, 15–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

References

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  2. ^ Hearn, Don (7 January 2010). "SUNG JI HYUN – Carrying on a Family Tradition". Badzine.net. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  3. ^ Mohan, Kumud (2 August 2013). "Asian Games: An assessment of favourites in each sport". www.indiatoday.in. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Badminton - Medallists from previous Asian Games". Doha2006. Archived from the original on 14 October 2007. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  5. ^ "China win men's singles, S Korea get women's title". Singapore Monitor. 9 December 1983. p. 42.
  6. ^ "Birthday boy gets his wish; all the Results". The Straits Times. 22 April 1985. p. 25.
  7. ^ "Frost and Han Jian to decide the title". The Straits Times. National Library Board. Government of Singapore. 17 June 1985. p. 22. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
  8. ^ "Yang Yang Seventh Heaven - Results". The Sunday Times. NewspaperSG. Government of Singapore. 24 May 1987. p. 24. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
  9. ^ a b Jae-Cheon, Ha (17 July 2002). 배드민턴 김연자씨 한체대교수 발탁(Badminton player Kim Yeon-ja selected as professor at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies). Khan.kr (in Korean). Kyunghyang Shinmun. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
  10. ^ "[THANK YOU, MOM ! ]<5·끝>성지현 키운 김연자 교수([THANK YOU, MOM!]: Professor Kim Yeon-ja who raised Seong Ji-hyeon)". The Dong-A Ilbo (in Korean). 13 July 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
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