Kim Hyok-bong

Kim Hyok-bong
Personal information
Born 28 October 1985 (1985-10-28) (age 30)
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 12 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
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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