Li Bun-hui (; born December 29, 1968) is a former
table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...
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 shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...
who competed in the
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...
.
Table tennis career
She won eight
World Table Tennis Championship medals. She won a
bronze medal
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at the
1983 World Table Tennis Championships
The 1983 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Tokyo. between 28 April–9 May 1983.
Results
Team
Individual
References
External linksITTF Museum
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in the Corbillon Cup (women's team event).
Two years later she won a
silver medal
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in the women's team and during the
1987 World Table Tennis Championships
The 1987 World Table Tennis Championships were held in New Delhi, India. the event was held from 19 February to 1 March 1987.
Results Team
Individual
References
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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 (w ...
.
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
gold medal
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Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ...
in the team event with
Hong Cha-ok
Hong Cha-Ok (Hangul: 홍차옥, Hanja: 洪次玉) (born March 10, 1970 in Gunwi County, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea) is a former female table tennis player from South Korea who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics. ...
,
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 Jung ...
and
Yu Sun-bok
Yu Sun-bok (Hangul: 유순복; born August 2, 1970) is a former table tennis player from North Korea who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olím ...
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. Her name is also frequently written in English as Li Bun-hui.
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 Doo-na
Bae Doona (; born October 11, 1979; also credited as Doona Bae), is a South Korean actress and photographer. She became known outside Korea for her roles as a political activist in Park Chan-wook's '' Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance'' (2002), archer ...
as Li Bun-hui.
See also
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List of table tennis players
This list of table tennis players is alphabetically ordered by surname. The main source of the information included in this page is the official International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) database. More detailed information about their careers is ...
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List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
Results of individual events
The tables below are medalists of individual events (men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles and mixed).
Men's singles
Medal table
Women's singles
The champion of women's singles in 1937 was declared ...
References
External links
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1969 births
Living people
North Korean female table tennis players
Table tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic table tennis players of North Korea
Olympic bronze medalists for North Korea
Olympic medalists in table tennis
Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Asian Games medalists in table tennis
Table tennis players at the 1990 Asian Games
Asian Games bronze medalists for North Korea
Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games
20th-century North Korean women