Kim Yong-hyun (born 13 May 1978) is a

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

player from

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

. Kim competed for Korea in

badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Goudi Olympic Hall at the Goudi Olympic Complex from 14 August through 21 August. Both men and women competed in their own singles and doubles events and together they competed in a mixed d ...

in men's doubles with partner Yim Bang-eun. They had a bye in the first round and defeated

Lars Paaske Lars Paaske (born 18 January 1976) is a badminton player from Denmark. Career He competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Jonas Rasmussen. After an initial bye in the first round, then were defeated in t ...

and

Jonas Rasmussen Jonas Rasmussen (born 28 October 1977 in Aarhus) is a retired badminton player from Denmark. Career With his men's doubles partner Lars Paaske he won the 2003 IBF World Championships defeating Indonesian pair Candra Wijaya and Sigit Budiar ...

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in the second. In the quarterfinals, Kim and Yim lost to Eng Hian and

Flandy Limpele Flandy Limpele (born 9 February 1974) is an Indonesian former badminton player and coach. He competed in four Summer Olympic Games: Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, and Beijing 2008. Career Player A doubles specialist, at various times ...

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

15-1, 15-10. Kim also competed in mixed doubles with partner Lee Hyo-jung. They had a bye in the first run and were defeated by

Jens Eriksen Jens Dyrløv Eriksen (born 30 December 1969) is a badminton player from Denmark. He competed in four consecutive Olympic Games from 1996 to 2008, and won a mixed doubles bronze medal in 2004 partnered with Mette Schjoldager. At the World Champio ...

and

Mette Schjoldager Mette Schjoldager (born 21 April 1977) is a Danish badminton player from Viby, Roskilde Municipality, on the island of Zealand. Career Schjoldager made her debut at the Olympic Games in 2000 Sydney. Teamed-up with Ann-Lou Jørgensen, they b ...

in the round of 16.

Achievements

Asian Championships

''Mixed doubles''

World Junior Championships

''Boys' doubles''

IBF Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation since 1983. ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

IBF International

''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, Yong-hyun 1978 births Living people Sportspeople from Incheon South Korean male badminton players Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for South Korea