Kim Kyeung-ran
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| Born | 15 October 1977[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 1995[2]-2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse |
Jang Cheon-woong (m. 2004) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Badminton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Women's singles and doubles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Kim Kyeung-ran (Korean: 김경란; Hanja: 金京兰; born 15 October 1977)[1] is a former South Korea national team female badminton player that associated with Daegyo Noonhi[3] and a badminton coach for several universities and colleges in Korea.[4]
As a badminton player, Kim biggest individual achievement is winning the U.S. Open in 2001 with her partner, Ra Kyung-min.[5] Kim also won a bronze medal in women's singles in 2002 Asian Games in women's singles, losing to Gong Ruina in semifinals.[6] In the same Asian Games, Kim also won the silver medal in team event.[7]
Kim also a member of the 2002 Uber Cup whereas in the final, she won against the world number 1 at that time from China, Zhou Mi in the first single games on a titanic battle of 5 sets with scorelines of 7–4, 7–3, 3–7, 3–7, 7–5.[8] Despite that effort, South Korea fell to China eventually and only grabbed the silver medal.[9]
In the next year, Kim won the 2003 Sudirman Cup against China, ending their 10 years drought of the said championship.[10] In 2003 World Badminton Championships, Kim suffered a major injury by twisting her left knee joint after a jumping smash in the second round match against Aparna Popat of India.[11] This injury causing her to miss a lot of tournaments the next year and also missing the 2004 Olympics in Athens.[2] She fully retired from national team by 2005.[12]
Post-retirement and coaching
During her injuries period in 2004, Kim married with Jang Cheon-woong, another former South Korea national team player.[2] She is also being inducted as Namyangju City public relations ambassador in 2005.[12] In 2011, Daejin University launched the women's badminton team and Kim is one of the head coach of the team.[13] Under her tutelage, Daejin woman's team manage to win the national team event 4 years later.[14] Nowadays, she is the head director of Technist badminton team named "Team Technician", a youth badminton club.[15]
