Li Bun-hui

In this Korean name, the family name is Li.

Li Bun-hui (Korean: 리분희; born December 29, 1968) is a former table tennis player from North Korea who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics.^[1][2]

Li Bun-hui
Nationality	North Korea
Born	(1968-12-29) 29 December 1968 (age 55)
Medal record Women's table tennis Representing  North Korea Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Singles 1992 Barcelona Doubles World Championships 1985 Gothenburg Team 1989 Dortmund Singles 1993 Gothenburg Team 1983 Tokyo Team 1987 New Delhi Doubles Asian Games 1990 Beijing Doubles Representing  Unified Korea World Championships 1991 Chiba City Team 1991 Chiba City Singles 1991 Chiba City Mixed doubles

Li Bun-hui
Chosŏn'gŭl	리분희
Hancha	李粉姬
Revised Romanization	I Bun-hui
McCune–Reischauer	Ri Pun-hŭi

Table tennis career

She won eight World Table Tennis Championship medals.^[3] She won a bronze medal at the 1983 World Table Tennis Championships in the Corbillon Cup (women's team event).

Two years later she won a silver medal in the women's team^[4] and during the 1987 World Table Tennis Championships she won a bronze in the women's doubles with Cho Jung-hui.^[5]

Her next medals came in the singles at the 1989 and 1991^[6] 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, Hyun Jung-hwa and Yu Sun-bok in a unified Korean team.^[7] 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.

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 Doona as Li Bun-hui.^[8]

See also

• List of table tennis players
• List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References

1. "Korean women called flowers of nation". Korean Central News Agency. Pyongyang. 30 July 1998. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
2. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
3. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
4. "List of Winners". All About Table Tennis.
5. "Women's doubles results" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-12.
6. "Women's singles results" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-12.
7. Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
8. "CJ ENTERTAINMENT Goes for the Gold with "AS ONE"". Hancinema. 24 May 2012.

External links

• Li Bun-hui at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
• Li Bun-hui at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)