Kim Dong-moon

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This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.

Kim Dong-moon
Personal information
Date of birth	September 22, 1975 (1975-09-22) (age 32)
Doubles
Country	South Korea
Handedness	Right

Korean name
Hangul 김동문 Hanja 金東文 Revised Romanization Gim Dong-mun McCune-Reischauer Kim Tongmun

Kim Dong-moon (born 22 September 1975) is a male badminton player from South Korea won major titles between the mid 1990's and the mid 2000's.

Kim is married with his former mixed doubles pair Ra Kyung-min, and in July 2007 they had a son called Kim Han-wool.^[1]

Contents 1 Badminton Career 1.1 2004 Summer Olympics 1.2 Medals achieved 2 Career statistics 2.1 BWF tournaments finals 2.1.1 Doubles 2.1.1.1 Wins 2.1.1.2 Runner-ups 2.2 Continental tournaments finals 2.2.1 Doubles 2.2.1.1 Wins 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Badminton Career

[edit] 2004 Summer Olympics

Kim competed for Korea in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Ha Tae-kwon. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Robert Mateusiak and Michał Łogosz of Poland in the second. In the quarterfinals, Kim and Ha beat Zheng Bo and Sang Yang of China 15-7, 15-11. They won the semifinal against Eng Hian and Flandy Limpele of Indonesia 15-8, 15-2 and defeated fellow Koreans Lee Dong-soo and Yoo Yong-sung 15-11, 15-4 to win the gold medal.

Kim also competed in mixed doubles with partner Ra Kyung-min. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Chris Bruil and Lotte Bruil of the Netherlands in the second. In the quarterfinals, Kim and Ra lost to Jonas Rasmussen and Rikke Olsen of Denmark 17-14, 15-8.

[edit] Medals achieved

Olympic medal record
Men's badminton
Gold	1996 Atlanta	Mixed doubles
Gold	2004 Athens	Doubles
Bronze	2000 Sydney	Doubles

Rank	Event	Date	Venue
World Championships
1	Men's doubles	1999	Copenhagen, DEN
	Mixed doubles
1	Mixed doubles	2003	Birmingham, ENG
2	Men's doubles	2001	Seville, ESP
	Mixed doubles
3	Men's doubles	1995	Lausanne, SWI
Asian Games
1	Mixed doubles	1998	Bangkok, THA
1	Mixed doubles	2002	Busan, KOR
Asian Championships
1	Mixed doubles	1998	Bangkok, THA
1	Men's doubles	1999	Kuala Lumpur, MAS
	Mixed doubles
1	Mixed doubles	2001	Manila, PHI
1	Men's doubles	2002	Bangkok, THA
1	Mixed doubles	2004	Kuala Lumpur, MAS

[edit] Career statistics

[edit] BWF tournaments finals

[edit] Doubles

[edit] Wins

Year	Tournament	Event	Partner	Opponents in final	Score
1999	World Championships	MD	Ha Tae-kwon	Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung	15–5, 15–5
1999	World Championships	XD	Ra Kyung-min	Simon Archer Joanne Goode	15–10, 15–3
2003	World Championships	XD	Ra Kyung-min	Zhang Jun Gao Ling	15–7, 15–8

[edit] Runner-ups

Year	Tournament	Event	Partner	Opponents in final	Score
2001	World Championships	MD	Ha Tae-kwon	Tony Gunawan Halim Haryanto	15–0, 15–13
2001	World Championships	XD	Ra Kyung-min	Zhang Jun Gao Ling	10–15, 15–12, 16–17

[edit] Continental tournaments finals

[edit] Doubles

[edit] Wins

Year	Tournament	Event	Partner	Opponents in final	Score
1998	Asian Games	XD	Ra Kyung-min	Lee Dong-soo Yim Kyung-jin
1998	Asian Championships	XD	Ra Kyung-min	Sun Jun Ge Fei
1999	Asian Championships	MD	Ha Tae-kwon	Zhang Wei Zhang Jun
1999	Asian Championships	XD	Ra Kyung-min	Liu Yong Ge Fei
2001	Asian Championships	XD	Ra Kyung-min	Bambang Suprianto Minarti Timur	11–15, 15–4, 15–3
2002	Asian Games	XD	Ra Kyung-min	Khunakorn Sudhisodhi Saralee Thungthongkam
2002	Asian Championships	MD	Ha Tae-kwon	Candra Wijaya Sigit Budiarto	15–6, 15–8
2004	Asian Championships	XD	Ra Kyung-min	Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam	15–10, 17–16

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official Website of Kim Dong-moon
• BWF Player Profile