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This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.

Kim Dong-moon

Personal information
Date of birth	September 22, 1975 (1975-09-22) (age 34)
Doubles
Country	South Korea
Handedness	Right
BWF Profile

Olympic medal record
Men's Badminton
Competitor for  South Korea
Olympic Games
Gold	1996 Atlanta	Mixed doubles
Bronze	2000 Sydney	Doubles
Gold	2004 Athens	Doubles
World Championships
Bronze	1995 Lausanne	Doubles
Gold	1999 Copenhagen	Doubles
Gold	1999 Copenhagen	Mixed doubles
Silver	2001 Seville	Doubles
Silver	2001 Seville	Mixed doubles
Gold	2003 Birmingham	Mixed doubles
Asian Games
Gold	1998 Bangkok	Mixed doubles
Gold	2002 Busan	Mixed doubles
Asian Championships
Gold	1998 Bangkok	Mixed doubles
Gold	1999 Kuala Lumpur	Doubles
Gold	1999 Kuala Lumpur	Mixed doubles
Gold	2001 Manila	Mixed doubles
Gold	2002 Bangkok	Doubles
Gold	2004 Kuala Lumpur	Mixed doubles

Kim Dong-moon (born 22 September 1975) is a male badminton player from South Korea won major titles between the mid 1990's and the mid 2000's. He is widely regarded as one of finest men's doubles and mixed doubles players in the sport's history.

Kim is married to his former mixed doubles pair Ra Kyung-min, and in July 2007 they had a son called Kim Han-wool.^[1] Kim currently resides in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Badminton career

2004 Summer Olympics

Kim competed for Korea in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Ha Tae-kwon. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Robert Mateusiak and Michał Łogosz of Poland in the second. In the quarterfinals, Kim and Ha beat Zheng Bo and Sang Yang of China 15-7, 15-11. They won the semifinal against Eng Hian and Flandy Limpele of Indonesia 15-8, 15-2 and defeated fellow Koreans Lee Dong-soo and Yoo Yong-sung 15-11, 15-4 to win the gold medal.

Kim also competed in mixed doubles with partner Ra Kyung-min. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Chris Bruil and Lotte Bruil of the Netherlands in the second. In the quarterfinals, Kim and Ra lost to Jonas Rasmussen and Rikke Olsen of Denmark 17-14, 15-8.

Career statistics

BWF tournaments finals

Doubles

Wins

Year	Tournament	Event	Partner	Opponents in final	Score
1999	World Championships	MD	Ha Tae-kwon	Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung	15–5, 15–5
1999	World Championships	XD	Ra Kyung-min	Simon Archer Joanne Goode	15–10, 15–3
2003	World Championships	XD	Ra Kyung-min	Zhang Jun Gao Ling	15–7, 15–8

Runner-ups

Year	Tournament	Event	Partner	Opponents in final	Score
2001	World Championships	MD	Ha Tae-kwon	Tony Gunawan Halim Haryanto	15–0, 15–13
2001	World Championships	XD	Ra Kyung-min	Zhang Jun Gao Ling	10–15, 15–12, 16–17

Continental tournaments finals

Doubles

Wins

Year	Tournament	Event	Partner	Opponents in final	Score
1998	Asian Games	XD	Ra Kyung-min	Lee Dong-soo Yim Kyung-jin
1998	Asian Championships	XD	Ra Kyung-min	Sun Jun Ge Fei
1999	Asian Championships	MD	Ha Tae-kwon	Zhang Wei Zhang Jun
1999	Asian Championships	XD	Ra Kyung-min	Liu Yong Ge Fei
2001	Asian Championships	XD	Ra Kyung-min	Bambang Suprianto Minarti Timur	11–15, 15–4, 15–3
2002	Asian Games	XD	Ra Kyung-min	Khunakorn Sudhisodhi Saralee Thungthongkam
2002	Asian Championships	MD	Ha Tae-kwon	Candra Wijaya Sigit Budiarto	15–6, 15–8
2004	Asian Championships	XD	Ra Kyung-min	Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam	15–10, 17–16

References

External links

• Official Website of Kim Dong-moon
• BWF Player Profile