Park Mi-Young ( or ; born November 17, 1981 in Daegu,

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) is a

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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. She was part of the table tennis team that won a bronze medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics. Park currently plays for the

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Table Tennis team and is ranked 24th in the world as of October 2011. She qualified directly for the 2012 Summer Olympics in May 2011. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she reached the last 16 in the women's individual, and placed fourth with the South Korean women's team.

Career records

Singles (as of February 24, 2015) * Olympics: round of 16 (2008, 2012). *

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: round of 16 (2009). *

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appearances: 2. Record: 5-8th (2009, 10). * Pro Tour winner (2): Chile Open 2006; Japan Open 2009. Runner-up (1): Polish Open 2009. * Pro Tour Grand Finals appearances: 3. Record: QF (2009). * Asian Cup: 7th (2006). Women's doubles *World Championships: SF (2007, 09, 11). *Pro Tour winner (6): Swedish Open 2007; Brazil Open 2008; Korea, English Open 2009; Korea Open 2010, Spanish Open 2012. Runner-up (5): Brazil Open 2005; Japan, German Open 2007; Qatar Open 2008; Qatar Open 2010, Korea Open 2011. *Pro Tour Grand Finals appearances: 5. Record: runner-up (2007, 08). * Asian Games: QF (2006). *

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: runner-up (2009). Mixed doubles *World Championships: QF (2007). Team *Olympics: 3rd (2008). *World Championships: 3rd (2012). *

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: 2nd (2007); 3rd (2010).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Park, Mi-Young South Korean female table tennis players Olympic bronze medalists for South Korea Olympic table tennis players for South Korea Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics 1981 births Living people Olympic medalists in table tennis Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in table tennis Table tennis players at the 2006 Asian Games Table tennis players at the 2010 Asian Games Sportspeople from Daegu Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea World Table Tennis Championships medalists 21st-century South Korean women