Ra Kyung-min

Ra Kyung-min

Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing South Korea
Olympic Games
	1996 Atlanta	Mixed Doubles
	2004 Athens	Doubles
World Championships
	1999 Copenhagen	Mixed doubles
	2003 Birmingham	Mixed doubles
	1999 Copenhagen	Doubles
	2001 Seville	Mixed doubles
	2001 Seville	Doubles
Sudirman Cup
	2003 Eindhoven	Mixed team
	2005 Beijing	Mixed team
Asian Games
	1998 Bangkok	Mixed doubles
	2002 Busan	Mixed doubles
	2002 Busan	Doubles
	2002 Busan	Team

Ra Kyung-min
Hangul	나경민
Hanja	羅景民
Revised Romanization	Na Gyeongmin
McCune–Reischauer	Ra Kyŏngmin

Ra Kyung-min (Korean: 라경민; Hanja: 羅景民; born 25 November 1976) is a badminton player from South Korea. Ra was a dominating mixed doubles team with her partner Kim Dong-moon from the late 1990s to early 2000s, resulting in a 70-match winning streak and 14 consecutive titles in international tournaments.

Career

Born in Seoul, 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.

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.

Record

Ra Kyung-min holds the world record for shortest badminton international match that last for just six minutes defeating Julia Mann of England in women’s singles during the 1996 Uber Cup with 11-2, 11-1.

Personal life

She married her mixed doubles partner Kim on 25 December 2005, and they went to Canada to study. There they had a son named Kim Han-wool in July 2007, and a daughter named Kim Han-bi in 2008. She retired when she got pregnant in February 2007, and made a comeback in September 2009.

Achievements

Olympic Games

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1996	Georgia State University Gymnasium, Atlanta, United States	Park Joo-bong	Kim Dong-moon Gil Young-ah	15-13, 4-15, 12-15	Silver

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1996	All England Open	Park Joo-bong	Simon Archer Julie Bradbury	15-10, 15-10	Winner

Singles

Outcome	Event	Year	Venue	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Asian Championships
3	Singles	1992	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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	Grand Prix Finals
3	Singles	1994	Malaysia Open
3	Singles	1994	Swedish Open
3	Singles	1993	Hong Kong Open
3	Singles	1993	Thailand Open

External links

• Ra Kyung-min on Cyworld (in Korean)