Kim Ji-hyun (badminton)


Kim Ji-hyun, 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.

Achievements

Asian Championships

Women's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
1994Shanghai Gymnasium, Shanghai, China Liu Yuhong12–11, 7–11, 5–11 Bronze

East Asian Games

Women's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
1993Shanghai, China Lin Xiaoming11–8, 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
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
1989Jakarta, Indonesia Camilla Martin11–5, 11–7 Gold

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation since 1983.
Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2001Korea Open Camilla Martin7–11, 11–8, 10–13 Runner-up
1999Swedish Open Gong Ruina8–11, 5–11 Runner-up
1998Swedish Open Gong Zhichao12–10, 11–8 Winner
1996Thailand Open Wang Chen11–2, 5–11, 7–11 Runner-up
1994Swedish Open Bang Soo-hyun11–6, 5–11, 3–11 Runner-up
1994Korea Open Bang Soo-hyun5–11, 5–11 Runner-up
1994Chinese Taipei Open Susi Susanti2–11, 5–11 Runner-up

IBF International

Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2002New Zealand International Lenny Permana7–2, 7–1, 7–1 Winner
1999Norwegian International Wang Chen2–11, 11–3, 11–6 Winner
1999Hungarian International Lee Soon-deuk11–6, 11–1 Winner
1991USSR International Elena Rybkina5–15, 7–15 Runner-up

Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1991USSR International Kang Bok-seung Natalja Ivanova
Julia Martynenko
10–15, 18–17, 12–15 Runner-up