Kim Ji-hyun (badminton)

Kim Ji-hyun
Personal information
Birth name	김지현
Country	South Korea
Born	10 September 1974 Busan, South Korea
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Handedness	Right
Event	Women's singles & doubles
Medal record Women's badminton Representing South Korea Sudirman Cup 1997 Glasgow Mixed team 1999 Copenhagen Mixed team 1995 Lausanne Mixed team Uber Cup 2000 Kuala Lumpur Women's team 1998 Hong Kong Women's team 1996 Hong Kong Women's team 1994 Jakarta Women's team Asian Games 1994 Hiroshima Women's team 1998 Bangkok Women's team Asian Championships 1994 Shanghai Women's singles Asian Cup 1994 Beijing Women's singles East Asian Games 1993 Shanghai Women's singles
BWF profile

Kim Ji-hyun (Korean: 김지현; Hanja: 金志炫; born 10 September 1974), also known as Jihyun Marr, is a former South Korean badminton player. She participated at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics in the women's singles event. Kim who affiliated with the Samsung Electro-Mechanics team, won the women's singles title at the National Championships tournament in 1997 and 1998. She announced her retirement from the international tournament after the 2001 Korea Open.

She was a former coach at the BWF training academy in Saarbrucken, later joined the New Zealand, Korean, and Indian national team. Earlier in 2019, she helped India get its first gold in BWF World Championships in Basel where P. V. Sindhu became India's first badminton player to become World Champion. She worked as a coach for Indian national team until September 2019 when she resigned to take care of her ailing husband. In november 2020 she was appointed as one of the five new coaches by the Badminton Korea Association (BKA) responsible for the women's singles till 31 October 2022.

Achievements

Asian Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1994	Shanghai Gymnasium, Shanghai, China	Liu Yuhong	12–11, 7–11, 5–11	Bronze

Asian Cup

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1994	Beijing Gymnasium, Beijing, China	Han Jingna	5–11, 8–11	Bronze

East Asian Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1993	Shanghai, China	Lin Xiaoming	11–8, 11–12, 1–11	Bronze

World Junior Championships

The Bimantara World Junior Championships was an international invitation badminton tournament for junior players. It was held in Jakarta, Indonesia from 1987 to 1991.

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1989	Jakarta, Indonesia	Camilla Martin	11–5, 11–7	Gold

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1994	Chinese Taipei Open	Susi Susanti	2–11, 5–11	Runner-up
1994	Korea Open	Bang Soo-hyun	5–11, 5–11	Runner-up
1994	Swedish Open	Bang Soo-hyun	11–6, 5–11, 3–11	Runner-up
1996	Thailand Open	Wang Chen	11–2, 5–11, 7–11	Runner-up
1998	Swedish Open	Gong Zhichao	12–10, 11–8	Winner
1999	Swedish Open	Gong Ruina	8–11, 5–11	Runner-up
2001	Korea Open	Camilla Martin	7–11, 11–8, 10–13	Runner-up

IBF International

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1991	USSR International	Elena Rybkina	5–15, 7–15	Runner-up
1999	Hungarian International	Lee Soon-deuk	11–6, 11–1	Winner
1999	Norwegian International	Wang Chen	2–11, 11–3, 11–6	Winner
2002	New Zealand International	Lenny Permana	7–2, 7–1, 7–1	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1991	USSR International	Kang Bok-seung	Natalja Ivanova Julia Martynenko	10–15, 18–17, 12–15	Runner-up