Kim Yun-ja

	Kim Yun-ja
Hangul	김연자
Hanja	金練子
Revised Romanization	Gim Yeon-ja
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Yŏn-cha

Kim Yun-ja
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing South Korea
World Championships
World Cup
Asian Games

Kim Yun-ja (Hangul: 김연자, Hanja: 金練子, 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

She won two World Championship bronze medals in women's doubles, one at the 1985 IBF World Championships with Yoo Sang-hee, and another at the 1987 IBF World Championships with Chung So-young.

Achievements

Asian Championships

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1983	Calcutta, India	Park Joo-bong	Hafid Yusuf Ruth Damayanti		Gold

Singles

Outcome	Event	Year	Venue	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Asian Games
3	Singles	1986	Seoul, South Korea
3	Singles	1982	New Delhi, India
Asian Championships
2	Singles	1983	Calcutta, India	Yoo Sang-hee	6-11, 2-11
All England Open
1	Singles	1986	London, England	Qian Ping	11-6, 12-11
Other Open Tournaments
1	Singles	1987	French Open	Lee Young-suk	11-4, 5-11, 11-0
1	Singles	1986	German Open	Helen Troke	11-1, 8-11, 12-10
1	Singles	1985	Denmark Open	Kirsten Larsen	11-4, 11-2

Doubles

Outcome	Event	Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
World Championships
3	WD	1987	Beijing, China	Chung So-young
3	WD	1985	Calgary, Canada	Yoo Sang-hee
Asian Games
2	WD	1986	Seoul, South Korea	Yoo Sang-hee	Lin & Guan
2	WD	1982	New Delhi, India	Yoo Sang-hee	Kang & Hwang	13-18, 15–7, 7-15
All England Open
1	WD	1988	London, England	Chung So-young	Chung & Hwang	withdraw
Other Open Tournaments
1	WD	1988	Belgian Open	Yoo Sang-hee	Kjaer & Nielsen	15-12, 15-2
1	XD	1987	French Open	Park Joo-bong	Christiansen & Dijck	15-10, 15-7
1	WD	1986	Scandinavian Open	Yoo Sang-hee	Chung & Chung	15-7, 15-4
1	WD	1986	German Open	Yoo Sang-hee	Chung & Chung	15-10, 15-5
1	WD	1985	Danish Open	Yoo Sang-hee	Magnusson & Bengtsson	12-15, 18–14, 15-1
1	WD	1985	Danish Open	Yoo Sang-hee	Gilks & Perry	15-7, 15-7
1	WD	1985	Japan Open	Yoo Sang-hee	Wu & Guan	15-4, 3-15, 15-4
1	WD	1984	Swedish Open	Yoo Sang-hee	Yonekura & Tokuda	15-11, 10–15, 15-9
1	WD	1984	Danish Open	Yoo Sang-hee	Yonekura & Tokuda	3-15, 15–3, 15-13
1	WD	1983	Malaysia Open	Yoo Sang-hee	Perry & Webster	11-15, 15–4, 15-7

References

"Badminton National Team, rest, Wedding March". Naver News Library. Donga Ilbo. 25 January 1991. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
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.

All England champions 1899-2007

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[1] "Badminton National Team, rest, Wedding March". Naver News Library. Donga Ilbo. 25 January 1991. Retrieved 4 November 2017.

[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.