Kim Yun-ja


Kim Yun-ja 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. Sung and Kim's daughter Sung Ji-hyun is also a badminton player.

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. 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.
In the World Championships, Kim won two 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.

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. In 1998, She became a professor and working in several universities such as Hankuk University of Foreign Studies and Korea National Sports University

Achievements

Olympic Games

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1988
Seoul National University Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea

World Championships

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1985Olympic Saddledome, Calgary, Canada

World Games

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1981San Jose Civic Auditorium, California, United States

World Cup

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1983Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Asian Games

Women' singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
1982Indraprashtha Stadium, New Delhi, India

Asian Championships

Women's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
1983Netaji Indoor Stadium, Calcutta, India

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

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.
Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
1984Swedish Opensilver2