Kim Hyon-hui (, born 15 September 1979) is a former

table tennis Table tennis (also known as ping-pong) is a racket sport derived from tennis but distinguished by its playing surface being atop a stationary table, rather than the Tennis court, court on which players stand. Either individually or in teams of ...

player from

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu River, Yalu (Amnok) an ...

. Kim is a

Merited Athlete Merited Athlete is an honorary title of North Korea given to sports persons. It is awarded to "athletes and workers engaged in the athletic field who make distinguished contributions to the nation's athletics, receiving the love and respect of th ...

. Kim later married a University student, and thus retired.

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1979 births Living people North Korean female table tennis players Asian Games gold medalists in table tennis Asian Games silver medalists in table tennis Asian Games bronze medalists in table tennis Table tennis players at the 1998 Asian Games Table tennis players at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for North Korea Asian Games table tennis players for North Korea Asian Games silver medalists for North Korea Asian Games bronze medalists for North Korea Table tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic table tennis players for North Korea {{NorthKorea-tabletennis-bio-stub