Kim Hyok-bong

Kim Hyok-bong

Kim Hyok-bong at 2013 World Table Tennis Championship
Personal information
Born	28 October 1985 (1985-10-28) (age 39)
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 Representing   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

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim .

Kim Hyok-bong (born 28 October 1985) is a retired 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. "Athlete's Profile". 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on 5 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
2. Jong Sun Bok (26 March 2015). "National conference of sportspersons held". The Pyongyang Times . Naenara. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
3. "Kim Hyok-Bong Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
4. Kim Hyok-bong Archived 30 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine London 2012
5. "Kim Hyok Bong and Kim Jong Return Home National Heroes After Paris Triumph". ittf.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2016.

External links

• Kim Hyok-bong at World Table Tennis
• Kim Hyok-bong at Olympedia