Kim Mi-yong, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Kim Mi-yong

Olympic table tennis player

Date of Birth: 06-May-1983

Place of Birth: Nampho, South Pyongan Province, North Korea

Profession: table tennis player

Nationality: North Korea

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Kim Mi-Yong (also Kim Mi-Yeong, Korean: ???; born May 6, 1983 in Nampo, Pyeongannam) is a North Korean table tennis player.
She won a gold medal, as a member of the North Korea table tennis team, at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, and silver at the 2001 World Table Tennis Championships in Osaka, Japan.
As of January 2010, Kim is ranked no.
84 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).
Kim is a member of the table tennis team for Abrokkang Sports Club, and is coached and trained by Ri To Yong.
She is also left-handed, and uses the offensive, classic grip.Kim qualified for the women's singles tournament, along with her teammate Kim Jong at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by receiving a place as one of the top 7 seeded players from the Asian Qualification Tournament in Hong Kong.
She received a single bye for the first round match, before losing out to Lithuania's Ruta Paškauskiene, with a set score of 3–4.