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

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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 ...

who competed in the

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Table tennis career

She won eight

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medals. She won a

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at the

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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

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she won a bronze in the women's doubles with

Cho Jung-hui Cho Jung-hui is a former international table tennis player from North Korea. Table tennis career She won three World Table Tennis Championship medals. She won a bronze medal at the 1981 World Table Tennis Championships in the Corbillon Cup (wom ...

. 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 Hong Cha-ok (; born March 10, 1970) is a former female table tennis player from South Korea who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics. She was a member of the Korea Unified team for the 1991 World Table Tennis Champio ...

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 Yu Sun-bok (; born August 2, 1970) is a former table tennis player from North Korea who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona ...

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 Bae Doona (; born October 11, 1979), anglicized as Doona Bae, is a South Korean actress and photographer. She debuted as a model and first gained recognition for her roles in '' Barking Dogs Never Bite'' (2000) and '' Take Care of My Cat'' (2001 ...

as Li Bun-hui.

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