Ra Kyung-min

Ra Kyung-min (Template:Ko-hhrm; 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

Ra made her debut at the Olympic Games in Atlanta 1996. She played in the women's singles and mixed doubles event. In the singles, she was defeated by Huang Chia-chi of Chinese Taipei in the first round with the score of 6–11, 7–11. In the mixed doubles, she competed with her senior Park Joo-bong, reaching in to the final round and settled for the silver medal after beaten by their compatriot Kim Dong-moon and Gil Young-ah in rubber games, 15–13, 4–15, and 12–15.

Ra made her second appearance at the Olympic Games in Sydney 2000. Competed as the third seed in the women's doubles with Chung Jae-hee, they lost in the semi-final match against Huang Nanyan and Yang Wei of China, and again lost to another Chinese pair in the bronze medal match Gao Ling and Qin Yiyuan. In the mixed doubles, she competed as second seed with Kim Dong-moon, reaching in to the quarter-final round, defeated by Zhang Jun and Gao Ling.

Ra competed for Korea in 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 Mia Audina and Lotte Bruil of the Netherlands 15–5, 15–2. They lost the semifinal to Yang Wei and Zhang Jiewen of China 6–15, 4–15, but won the bronze medal match against Wei Yili and Zhao Tingting, also of China, 10–15, 15–9, 15–7. She 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 14–17, 8–15.

Ra was inducted into the Badminton Hall of Fame in 2009.

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

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Goudi Olympic Hall, Athens, Greece	Template:Flagicon Lee Kyung-won	Template:Flagicon Wei Yili Template:Flagicon Zhao Tingting	10–15, 15–9, 15–7	File:Bronze medal.svg Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1996	GSU Sports Arena, Atlanta, United States	Template:Flagicon Park Joo-bong	Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon Template:Flagicon Gil Young-ah	15–13, 4–15, 12–15	File:Silver medal.svg Silver

World Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	Brøndby Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark	Template:Flagicon Chung Jae-hee	Template:Flagicon Ge Fei Template:Flagicon Gu Jun	4–15, 5–15	Silver Silver
2001	Palacio de Deportes de San Pablo, Seville, Spain	Template:Flagicon Lee Kyung-won	Template:Flagicon Wei Yili Template:Flagicon Zhang Jiewen	11–15, 3–15	Bronze Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	Brøndby Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark	Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	Template:Flagicon Simon Archer Template:Flagicon Joanne Goode	15–10, 15–13	Gold Gold
2001	Palacio de Deportes de San Pablo, Seville, Spain	Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	Template:Flagicon Zhang Jun Template:Flagicon Gao Ling	10–15, 15–12, 16–17	Silver Silver
2003	National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, United Kingdom	Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	Template:Flagicon Zhang Jun Template:Flagicon Gao Ling	15–7, 15–8	Gold Gold

Asian Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1998	Thammasat Gymnasium 2, Bangkok, Thailand	Template:Flagicon Chung Jae-hee	Template:Flagicon Ge Fei Template:Flagicon Gu Jun	11–15, 9–15	Bronze Bronze
2002	Gangseo Gymnasium, Busan, South Korea	Template:Flagicon Lee Kyung-won	Template:Flagicon Gao Ling Template:Flagicon Huang Sui	11–8, 11–7	Gold Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1998	Thammasat Gymnasium 2, Bangkok, Thailand	Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	Template:Flagicon Lee Dong-soo Template:Flagicon Yim Kyung-jin	15–6, 15–8	Gold Gold
2002	Gangseo Gymnasium, Busan, South Korea	Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	Template:Flagicon Khunakorn Sudhisodhi Template:Flagicon Saralee Thungthongkam	11–4, 11–0	Gold Gold

Asian Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1992	Cheras Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Template:Flagicon Zhou Lei	12–10, 8–11, 5–11	Bronze Bronze

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Template:Flagicon Chung Jae-hee	Template:Flagicon Ge Fei Template:Flagicon Gu Jun	8–15, 10–15	Silver Silver
2003	Tennis Indoor Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia	Template:Flagicon Lee Kyung-won	Template:Flagicon Hwang Yu-mi Template:Flagicon Lee Hyo-jung	15–9, 15–7	Gold Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1998	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	Template:Flagicon Sun Jun Template:Flagicon Ge Fei	15–7, 15–8	Gold Gold
1999	Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	Template:Flagicon Liu Yong Template:Flagicon Ge Fei	15–7, 15–13	Gold Gold
2001	PhilSports Arena, Manila, Philippines	Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	Template:Flagicon Bambang Suprianto Template:Flagicon Minarti Timur	11–15, 15–4, 15–3	Gold Gold
2004	Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	Template:Flagicon Sudket Prapakamol Template:Flagicon Saralee Thungthongkam	15–10, 17–16	Gold Gold

Asian Cup

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1996	Olympic Gymnasium No. 2, Seoul, South Korea	Template:Flagicon Park Joo-bong	Template:Flagicon Kang Kyung-jin Template:Flagicon Kim Mee-hyang	15–6, 15–8	Gold Gold

IBF World Grand Prix (56 titles, 9 runners-up)

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

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1994	Singapore Open	Template:Flagicon Yuliani Sentosa	12–9, 11–5	Template:Gold1 Winner
1995	Canadian Open	Template:Flagicon Bang Soo-hyun	0–11, 7–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
1995	Thailand Open	Template:Flagicon Lim Xiaoqing	4–11, 0–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
1996	Swedish Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Ning	11–6, 2–11, 4–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
1997	Swedish Open	Template:Flagicon Gong Zhichao	4–11, 4–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2001	U.S. Open	Template:Flagicon Mette Sørensen	6–8, 7–4, 7–3, 7–2	Template:Gold1 Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1997	Hong Kong Open	Template:Flagicon Chung Jae-hee	Template:Flagicon Liu Lu Template:Flagicon Qian Hong	15–7, 15–12	Template:Gold1 Winner
1998	Swedish Open	Template:Flagicon Jang Hye-ock	Template:Flagicon Huang Nanyan Template:Flagicon Liu Zhong	15–12, 15–9	Template:Gold1 Winner
1998	All England Open	Template:Flagicon Jang Hye-ock	Template:Flagicon Ge Fei Template:Flagicon Gu Jun	7–15, 7–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
1999	Swedish Open	Template:Flagicon Chung Jae-hee	Template:Flagicon Huang Sui Template:Flagicon Lu Ying	15–6, 15–11	Template:Gold1 Winner
1999	All England Open	Template:Flagicon Chung Jae-hee	Template:Flagicon Huang Sui Template:Flagicon Lu Ying	15–6, 15–8	Template:Gold1 Winner
1999	World Grand Prix Finals	Template:Flagicon Chung Jae-hee	Template:Flagicon Ge Fei Template:Flagicon Gu Jun	2–15, 4–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2000	Korea Open	Template:Flagicon Chung Jae-hee	Template:Flagicon Huang Nanyan Template:Flagicon Yang Wei	15–6, 8–15, 15–5	Template:Gold1 Winner
2000	Chinese Taipei Open	Template:Flagicon Chung Jae-hee	Template:Flagicon Helene Kirkegaard Template:Flagicon Rikke Olsen	15–9, 15–7	Template:Gold1 Winner
2000	All England Open	Template:Flagicon Chung Jae-hee	Template:Flagicon Ge Fei Template:Flagicon Gu Jun	5–15, 3–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2001	Korea Open	Template:Flagicon Kim Kyeung-ran	Template:Flagicon Huang Nanyan Template:Flagicon Yang Wei	13–15, 10–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2001	Swiss Open	Template:Flagicon Lee Kyung-won	Template:Flagicon Helene Kirkegaard Template:Flagicon Rikke Olsen	7–3, 8–6, 2–7, 7–4	Template:Gold1 Winner
2001	U.S. Open	Template:Flagicon Kim Kyeung-ran	Template:Flagicon Pernille Harder Template:Flagicon Majken Vange	7–1, 7–0, 7–3	Template:Gold1 Winner
2002	Swiss Open	Template:Flagicon Lee Kyung-won	Template:Flagicon Gail Emms Template:Flagicon Lotte Jonathans	7–1, 7–1, 7–1	Template:Gold1 Winner
2002	Japan Open	Template:Flagicon Lee Kyung-won	Template:Flagicon Gao Ling Template:Flagicon Huang Sui	7–5, 1–7, 7–2, 6–8, 7–1	Template:Gold1 Winner
2003	Korea Open	Template:Flagicon Lee Kyung-won	Template:Flagicon Ann-Lou Jørgensen Template:Flagicon Rikke Olsen	11–5, 11–5	Template:Gold1 Winner
2003	Dutch Open	Template:Flagicon Lee Kyung-won	Template:Flagicon Hwang Yu-mi Template:Flagicon Lee Hyo-jung	15–4, 15–9	Template:Gold1 Winner
2003	German Open	Template:Flagicon Lee Kyung-won	Template:Flagicon Yang Wei Template:Flagicon Zhang Jiewen	15–6, 15–17, 15–8	Template:Gold1 Winner
2003	Chinese Taipei Open	Template:Flagicon Lee Kyung-won	Template:Flagicon Hwang Yu-mi Template:Flagicon Lee Hyo-jung	15–9, 15–8	Template:Gold1 Winner
2004	Korea Open	Template:Flagicon Lee Kyung-won	Template:Flagicon Yang Wei Template:Flagicon Zhang Jiewen	8–15, 15–9, 6–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2004	Japan Open	Template:Flagicon Lee Kyung-won	Template:Flagicon Wei Yili Template:Flagicon Zhao Tingting	15–6, 5–15, 15–1	Template:Gold1 Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1995	Thailand Open	Template:Flagicon Park Joo-bong	Template:Flagicon Nikolai Zuyev Template:Flagicon Marina Yakusheva	15–1, 15–4	Template:Gold1 Winner
1996	Japan Open	Template:Flagicon Park Joo-bong	Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon Template:Flagicon Gil Young-ah	15–7, 15–1	Template:Gold1 Winner
1996	Korea Open	Template:Flagicon Park Joo-bong	Template:Flagicon Simon Archer Template:Flagicon Julie Bradbury	15–9, 15–11	Template:Gold1 Winner
1996	Swedish Open	Template:Flagicon Park Joo-bong	Template:Flagicon Chen Xingdong Template:Flagicon Peng Xinyong	15–4, 15–6	Template:Gold1 Winner
1996	All England Open	Template:Flagicon Park Joo-bong	Template:Flagicon Simon Archer Template:Flagicon Julie Bradbury	15–10, 15–10	Template:Gold1 Winner
1997	U.S. Open	Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	Template:Flagicon Bambang Suprianto Template:Flagicon Rosalina Riseu	15–1, 15–3	Template:Gold1 Winner
1997	Hong Kong Open	Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	Template:Flagicon Ha Tae-kwon Template:Flagicon Chung Jae-hee	15–12, 15–3	Template:Gold1 Winner
1997	China Open	Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	Template:Flagicon Liu Yong Template:Flagicon Ge Fei	15–10, 15–6	Template:Gold1 Winner
1998	Japan Open	Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	Template:Flagicon Jens Eriksen Template:Flagicon Marlene Thomsen	15–12, 15–9	Template:Gold1 Winner
1998	Swedish Open	Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	Template:Flagicon Chen Gang Template:Flagicon Tang Yongshu	15–3, 15–3	Template:Gold1 Winner
1998	All England Open	Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	Template:Flagicon Michael Søgaard Template:Flagicon Rikke Olsen	15–2, 11–15, 15–5	Template:Gold1 Winner
1998	World Grand Prix Finals	Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	Template:Flagicon Simon Archer Template:Flagicon Joanne Goode	15–6, 15–9	Template:Gold1 Winner
1999	Korea Open	Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	Template:Flagicon Liu Yong Template:Flagicon Ge Fei	15–6, 15–8	Template:Gold1 Winner
1999	Swedish Open	Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	Template:Flagicon Ha Tae-kwon Template:Flagicon Chung Jae-hee	15–1, 15–4	Template:Gold1 Winner
1999	Singapore Open	Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	Template:Flagicon Michael Søgaard Template:Flagicon Rikke Olsen	15–4, 15–8	Template:Gold1 Winner
1999	World Grand Prix Finals	Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	Template:Flagicon Tri Kusharjanto Template:Flagicon Minarti Timur	15–5, 15–7	Template:Gold1 Winner
2000	Korea Open	Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	Template:Flagicon Tri Kusharjanto Template:Flagicon Minarti Timur	15–13, 15–3	Template:Gold1 Winner
2000	All England Open	Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	Template:Flagicon Liu Yong Template:Flagicon Ge Fei	15–10, 15–2	Template:Gold1 Winner
2000	Swiss Open	Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	Template:Flagicon Zhang Jun Template:Flagicon Gao Ling	15–8, 15–9	Template:Gold1 Winner
2000	Malaysia Open	Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	Template:Flagicon Tri Kusharjanto Template:Flagicon Minarti Timur	15–7, 15–8	Template:Gold1 Winner
2001	Korea Open	Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	Template:Flagicon Zhang Jun Template:Flagicon Gao Ling	15–8, 15–11	Template:Gold1 Winner
2001	Hong Kong Open	Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	Template:Flagicon Khunakorn Sudhisodhi Template:Flagicon Saralee Thungthongkam	3–7, 7–0, 7–2, 7–2	Template:Gold1 Winner
2002	All England Open	Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	Template:Flagicon Jens Eriksen Template:Flagicon Mette Schjoldager	7–3, 7–3, 7–0	Template:Gold1 Winner
2002	Swiss Open	Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	Template:Flagicon Jonas Rasmussen Template:Flagicon Jane F. Bramsen	7–3, 7–5, 1–7, 7–4	Template:Gold1 Winner
2002	Korea Open	Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	Template:Flagicon Michael Søgaard Template:Flagicon Rikke Olsen	7–1, 7–3, 7–5	Template:Gold1 Winner
2002	Japan Open	Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	Template:Flagicon Nova Widianto Template:Flagicon Vita Marissa	7–3, 7–2, 7–2	Template:Gold1 Winner
2002	Singapore Open	Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	Template:Flagicon Nathan Robertson Template:Flagicon Gail Emms	11–2, 13–10	Template:Gold1 Winner
2003	Korea Open	Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	Template:Flagicon Kim Yong-hyun Template:Flagicon Lee Hyo-jung	11–5, 11–4	Template:Gold1 Winner
2003	Singapore Open	Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	Template:Flagicon Zheng Bo Template:Flagicon Zhang Jiewen	15–5, 15–9	Template:Gold1 Winner
2003	Indonesia Open	Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	Template:Flagicon Zhang Jun Template:Flagicon Gao Ling	10–15, 15–11, 15–6	Template:Gold1 Winner
2003	Malaysia Open	Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	Template:Flagicon Nathan Robertson Template:Flagicon Gail Emms	15–6, 15–5	Template:Gold1 Winner
2003	Dutch Open	Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	Template:Flagicon Kim Yong-hyun Template:Flagicon Lee Hyo-jung	15–4, 15–2	Template:Gold1 Winner
2003	Denmark Open	Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	Template:Flagicon Kim Yong-hyun Template:Flagicon Lee Hyo-jung	17–16, 15–10	Template:Gold1 Winner
2003	German Open	Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	Template:Flagicon Zhang Jun Template:Flagicon Gao Ling	15–12, 11–15, 15–8	Template:Gold1 Winner
2003	Hong Kong Open	Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	Template:Flagicon Zhang Jun Template:Flagicon Gao Ling	15–7, 15–10	Template:Gold1 Winner
2003	Chinese Taipei Open	Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	Template:Flagicon Nova Widianto Template:Flagicon Vita Marissa	15–7, 15–5	Template:Gold1 Winner
2004	Swiss Open	Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	Template:Flagicon Zhang Jun Template:Flagicon Gao Ling	15–2, 15–8	Template:Gold1 Winner
2004	All England Open	Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	Template:Flagicon Kim Yong-hyun Template:Flagicon Lee Hyo-jung	15–8, 17–15	Template:Gold1 Winner
2004	Korea Open	Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	Template:Flagicon Kim Yong-hyun Template:Flagicon Lee Hyo-jung	15–5, 15–11	Template:Gold1 Winner

IBF International (2 titles, 4 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1991	Hungarian International	Template:Flagicon Park Soo-yun	0–11, 4–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
1992	Wimbledon Open	Template:Flagicon Fiona Smith	2–11, 11–8, 4–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1991	Hungarian International	Template:Flagicon Choi Ma-ree	Template:Flagicon Kim Shin-young Template:Flagicon Park Soo-yun	9–15, 6–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
1999	Australian International	Template:Flagicon Lee Hyo-jung	Template:Flagicon Chung Jae-hee Template:Flagicon Yim Kyung-jin	17–16, 6–15, 15–3	Template:Gold1 Winner
2005	Canadian International	Template:Flagicon Jun Woul-sik	Template:Flagicon Ha Jung-eun Template:Flagicon Oh Seul-ki	15–5, 15–9	Template:Gold1 Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1991	Hungarian International	Template:Flagicon Hwang Sun-ho	Template:Flagicon Kim Young-gil Template:Flagicon Park Soo-yun	3–15, 12–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up

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