Kim Ji-hyun

Badminton player
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroBadminton player
A.K.A.Kim Ji-Hyun Kim Ji-Hyeon Kim Jee-hyun Kim Ji Hyun Ji Hyun Kim
A.K.A.Kim Ji-Hyun Kim Ji-Hyeon Kim Jee-hyun Kim Ji Hyun Ji Hyun Kim
PlacesSouth Korea
isAthlete Badminton player
Work fieldSports
Gender
Female
Birth10 September 1974, Busan, South Korea
Age50 years
Star signVirgo
The details

Biography

Kim Ji-hyun (Korean: 김지현; Hanja: 金志炫; born 10 September 1974), also known as Jihyun Marr, is a former South Korean badminton player. She participated at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics in the women's singles event. Kim who affiliated with the Samsung Electro-Mechanics team, won the women's singles title at the National Championships tournament in 1997 and 1998. She announced her retirement from the international tournament after the 2001 Korea Open.

She was a former coach at the BWF training academy in Saarbrucken, later joined the New Zealand, Korean, and Indian national team. Earlier in 2019, she helped India get its first gold in BWF World Championships in Basel where P.V.Sindhu became India's first badminton player to become World Champion. She worked as a coach for Indian national team until September 2019 when she resigned to take care of her ailing husband.

Achievements

Asian Championships

Women's singles

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East Asian Games

Women's singles

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World Junior Championships

Girls' singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2001Korea Open Camilla Martin7–11, 11–8, 10–13 Runner-up
1999Swedish Open Gong Ruina8–11, 5–11 Runner-up
1998Swedish Open Gong Zhichao12–10, 11–8 Winner
1996Thailand Open Wang Chen11–2, 5–11, 7–11 Runner-up
1994Swedish Open Bang Soo-hyun11–6, 5–11, 3–11 Runner-up
1994Korea Open Bang Soo-hyun5–11, 5–11 Runner-up
1994Chinese Taipei Open Susi Susanti2–11, 5–11 Runner-up

IBF International

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2002New Zealand International Lenny Permana7–2, 7–1, 7–1 Winner
1999Norwegian International Wang Chen2–11, 11–3, 11–6 Winner
1999Hungarian International Lee Soon-deuk11–6, 11–1 Winner
1991USSR International Elena Rybkina5–15, 7–15 Runner-up

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1991USSR International Kang Bok-seung Natalja Ivanova
Julia Martynenko
10–15, 18–17, 12–15 Runner-up
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