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 bronze medal at the

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in the Corbillon Cup (women's team event). Two years later she won a silver medal 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. 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 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 Jun ...

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.

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