Li Bun-hui (; born December 29, 1968) is a former

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player from

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who competed in the

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Table tennis career

She won eight World Table Tennis Championship medals. She won a

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at the 1983 World Table Tennis Championships in the Corbillon Cup (women's team event). Two years later she won a

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in the women's team and during the 1987 World Table Tennis Championships she won a bronze in the women's doubles with Cho Jung-hui. Her next medals came in the singles at the 1989 and 1991 and also in 1991 she won a mixed doubles bronze with Kim Song-hui and a

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in the team event with Hong Cha-ok,

Hyun Jung-hwa Hyun Jung-hwa (; born October 6, 1969, in Busan, South Korea) is a retired table tennis player from South Korea who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, and in the 1992 Summer Olympics. Career National South Korean table tennis player Hyun Jun ...

and Yu Sun-bok in a unified Korean team. Her final medal was a silver in 1993 in the team event.

Personal life

She is married to Kim Song-hui, also a former table tennis player who represented North Korea, and has a son.

In popular culture

Film

The story of the Unified Korean team in the 1991 World Championships and its victory over the Chinese in the women's team event is told by the movie '' As One'' starring actress Bae Doona as Li Bun-hui.

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