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Country
  
South Korea

Highest ranking
  
1

Name
  
Kim Dong-moon

Handedness
  
Right

Height
  
184 cm (6 ft 1/2in)


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Born
  
September 22, 1975 (age 48) Gokseong, Jeollanam-do (
1975-09-22
)

Similar People
  
Ha Tae‑kwon, Lee Dong‑soo, Yoo Yong‑sung, Flandy Limpele, Eng Hian

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Kim Dong-moon (Hangul: 김동문, Hanja: 金東文) (born 22 September 1975 in Gokseong, Jeollanam-do) is a retired male badminton player from South Korea who won major titles between the mid-1990s and the mid-2000s (decade). He is widely regarded as one of finest men's doubles and mixed doubles players in badminton history.

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1996 Summer Olympics

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Kim competed for Korea in badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles with partner Gil Young-ah. In the final, they rallied to upset their fellow Koreans Park Joo-bong and Ra Kyung-min 13-15, 15-4, 15-12 to win the gold medal.

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Kim also competed in men's doubles with partner Yoo Yong-sung, but was surprisingly eliminated by Michael Søgaard & Henrik Svarrer of Denmark 15-11, 5-15, 18-15 in the first round of the event.

2004 Summer Olympics

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Kim competed for Korea in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Ha Tae-kwon. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Robert Mateusiak and Michał Łogosz of Poland in the second. In the quarterfinals, Kim and Ha beat Zheng Bo and Sang Yang of China 15-7, 15-11. They won the semifinal against Eng Hian and Flandy Limpele of Indonesia 15-8, 15-2 and defeated fellow Koreans Lee Dong-soo and Yoo Yong-sung 15-11, 15-4 to win the gold medal.

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Kim also competed in mixed doubles with partner Ra Kyung-min. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Chris Bruil and Lotte Bruil of the Netherlands in the second. In the quarterfinals, Kim and Ra lost to Jonas Rasmussen and Rikke Olsen of Denmark 17-14, 15-8.

Personal life

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Kim is married to his former mixed doubles partner Ra Kyung-min, and in July 2007 they had a son named Han-wool. Kim currently resides in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.


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References

Kim Dong-moon Wikipedia