Park Mi-young (table tennis)

For the Korean-American violinist, see Mi-Young Park.

Park Mi-Young (Korean pronunciation: [pak̚ mi.jʌŋ] or [paŋ.mi.jʌŋ]; born November 17, 1981, in Daegu, Republic of Korea) is a South Korean table tennis player.^[1] She was part of the table tennis team that won a bronze medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[3] Park currently plays for the Samsung Life Insurance Table Tennis team and is ranked 24th in the world as of October 2011.^[4] She qualified directly for the 2012 Summer Olympics in May 2011.^[5] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she reached the last 16 in the women's individual,^[6] and placed fourth with the South Korean women's team.^[7]

Nationality	South Korea
Born	(1981-11-17) 17 November 1981 (age 42)[1] Daegu, Republic of Korea
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb; 8.7 st)
Table tennis career
Playing style	Right-handed, shakehand grip
Highest ranking	8 (February, 2010)[2]
Medal record Women's table tennis Representing  South Korea Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Team World Championships 2007 Zagreb Doubles 2009 Yokohama Doubles 2011 Rotterdam Doubles 2012 Dortmund Team

In this Korean name, the family name is Park.

Career records

Singles (as of February 24, 2015)^[8]

• Olympics: round of 16 (2008, 2012).^[3]
• World Championships: round of 16 (2009).
• World Cup 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).
• Asian Championships: runner-up (2009).

Mixed doubles

• World Championships: QF (2007).

Team

• Olympics: 3rd (2008).
• World Championships: 3rd (2012).
• World Team Cup: 2nd (2007); 3rd (2010).

References

1. "ITTF players' profiles". International Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved 2010-08-09.
2. "ITTF world ranking". International Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved 2010-08-09.
3. "Olympic results". sports-reference.com/olympics/. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-11-02. Retrieved 2010-08-09.
4. http://www.ittf.com/ittf_ranking/world_ranking_per_name.asp?Siniors=1&Player_ID=107160 World Ranking for Park Mi Young.
5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-10-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Players qualified for the 2012 London Olympic Games.
6. "London 2012 Singles women Results - Olympic table-tennis".
7. "London 2012 team women Results - Olympic table-tennis".
8. "ITTF Statistics". International Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved 2010-11-09.