Olympic medal record | ||
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Men's Badminton | ||
Representing South Korea | ||
1992 Barcelona | Doubles |
Kim Moon-soo | |
Hangul | 김문수 |
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Hanja | 金文秀 |
Revised Romanization | Gim Mun-su |
McCune–Reischauer | Kim Mun-su |
Kim Moon-Soo (born December 29, 1963) is a former badminton player from South Korea.
He has won 2 titles in the World Badminton Championships in men's doubles. He also won a gold medal at the Summer Olympics and 3 All England Open Badminton Championships in men's doubles. All of these were gained with fellow countryman Park Joo-bong, his regular partner during most his badminton career. In 1988, Kim married fellow 1985 World Champion Yoo Sang Hee after Yoo retired from international badminton. Kim himself retired in 1993, after contributing to Korea's Sudirman Cup victory.
Kim was inducted into the Badminton Hall of Fame in 2002.
Kim competed for Korea in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Park Joo-bong. They won the gold medal defeating Eddy Hartono and Rudy Gunawan from Indonesia 15-11, 15-7.