Kim Hyok-bong

Kim Hyok-bong
Personal information
Born 28 October 1985 (1985-10-28) (age 30)
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)[1]
Weight 65 kg (143 lb; 10.2 st)[1]
Sport
Team April 25 Sports Team
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl 김혁봉
Revised Romanization Gim Hyeokbong
McCune–Reischauer Kim Hyŏkpong
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Competitor for  North Korea
World Championships
2013 Paris Mixed Doubles
2015 Suzhou Mixed Doubles
Asian Games
2014 Incheon Mixed Doubles
Asian Championships
2007 Yangzhou Mixed Doubles
2012 Macau Mixed Doubles
East Asian Games
2013 Tianjin Mixed Doubles
This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.

Kim Hyok-bong (born 28 October 1985) is a North Korean table tennis player representing the April 25 Sports Team.[2] He competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.[3][4] At the 2012 Summer Olympics he reached the fourth round, knocking out seeded South Korean Joo Se-hyuk in the third round. He won gold medals in mixed doubles events with Kim Jong at the 2013 World Championships and the 2014 Asian Games.[5] The World Championship gold was the first for DPR Korea since 1977.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Athlete's Profile". 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  2. ↑ Jong Sun Bok (26 March 2015). "National conference of sportspersons held". The Pyongyang Times. Naenara. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Kim Hyok-Bong Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
  4. ↑ Kim Hyok-bong London 2012
  5. 1 2 "Kim Hyok Bong and Kim Jong Return Home National Heroes After Paris Triumph". www.ittf.com. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
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