Ra Kyung-min
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's badminton | ||
Competitor for  South Korea |
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| Olympic Games | ||
| Silver | 1996 Atlanta | Mixed Doubles |
| Bronze | 2004 Athens | Doubles |
| World Championships | ||
| Gold | 1999 Copenhagen | Mixed doubles |
| Gold | 2003 Birmingham | Mixed doubles |
| Silver | 2001 Seville | Mixed doubles |
| Silver | 1999 Copenhagen | Doubles |
| Bronze | 2001 Seville | Doubles |
| Sudirman Cup | ||
| Gold | 2003 Eindhoven | Team |
| Asian Games | ||
| Gold | 1998 Bangkok | Mixed doubles |
| Gold | 2002 Busan | Mixed doubles |
| Gold | 2002 Busan | Doubles |
| Gold | 2002 Busan | Team |
Ra Kyung-min (Hangul: 라경민, Hanja: 羅景民) (born November 25, 1976 in Seoul) is a female badminton player from South Korea.
Ra was a dominating mixed doubles team with her partner Kim Dong-moon from late 1990s to early 2000s (decade), resulting 70-match winning streak and 14 consecutive titles in international tournaments.
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[edit] Career
Ra competed for Korea in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Lee Kyung-won. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Pernille Harder and Mette Schjoldager of Denmark in the second. In the quarterfinals, Ra and Lee beat Lotte Bruil and Mia Audina of the Netherlands 15-5, 15-2. They lost the semifinal to Zhang Jiewen and Yang Wei of China 15-6, 15-4 but won the bronze medal match against Zhao Tingting and Wei Yili, also of China, 10-15, 15-9, 15-7 to win the bronze medal.
Ra also competed in mixed doubles with partner Kim Dong-moon. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Chris Bruil and Lotte Bruil of the Netherlands in the second. In the quarterfinals, Ra and Kim lost to Jonas Rasmussen and Rikke Olsen of Denmark 17-14, 15-8.
[edit] Personal life
She married her mixed doubles partner Kim in 25 December 2005, and they went to Canada to study. There they had a son called Kim Han-wool in July 2007, and a daughter named Kim Han-bi in 2008. She retired when she was got pregnant in February 2007, and made a comeback in September 2009.[1]
[edit] Titles
[edit] Singles
| Outcome | Event | Year | Venue | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
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| Asian Championships | |||||
| 3 | Singles | 1992 |  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
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| International Tournaments | |||||
| 1 | Singles | 1994 |  Singapore Open |
 Yuliani Sentosa |
12-9, 11-5 |
| 2 | Singles | 1995 |  Canadian Open |
Bang Soo-hyun |
0-11, 7-11 |
| 3 | Singles | 1994 |  Swedish Open |
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| 3 | Singles | 1993 |  Hong Kong Open |
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| 3 | Singles | 1993 |  Thailand Open |
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[edit] References
- ^ "배드민턴 라경민, 2년 만에 현역 복귀 [=Ra Kyung-min comebacks]" (in Korean). 일간스포츠 [=Sports Daily]. 20 August 2009. http://isplus.joins.com/article/article.html?aid=1208864. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
- South Korean badminton players
- Badminton players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic badminton players of South Korea
- Olympic bronze medalists for South Korea
- Olympic medalists in badminton
- Asian Games medalists in badminton
- Badminton Hall of Fame inductees
- 1976 births
- Living people
