Park Mi-young (table tennis)

Park Mi-Young (Korean pronunciation: [pak̚ mi.jʌŋ] or [paŋ.mi.jʌŋ]; born November 17, 1981, in Daegu, Republic of Korea) is a South Korean table tennis player. She was part of the table tennis team that won a bronze medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics. Park currently plays for the Samsung Life Insurance Table Tennis team and is ranked 24th in the world as of October 2011. She qualified directly for the 2012 Summer Olympics in May 2011. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she reached the last 16 in the women's individual, and placed fourth with the South Korean women's team.

Career records

Singles (as of February 24, 2015)

• Olympics: round of 16 (2008, 2012).
• World Championships: round of 16 (2009).
• World Cup appearances: 2. Record: 5-8th (2009, 10).
• Pro Tour winner (2): Chile Open 2006; Japan Open 2009. Runner-up (1): Polish Open 2009.
• Pro Tour Grand Finals appearances: 3. Record: QF (2009).
• Asian Cup: 7th (2006).

Women's doubles

• World Championships: SF (2007, 09, 11).
• Pro Tour winner (6): Swedish Open 2007; Brazil Open 2008; Korea, English Open 2009; Korea Open 2010, Spanish Open 2012. Runner-up (5): Brazil Open 2005; Japan, German Open 2007; Qatar Open 2008; Qatar Open 2010, Korea Open 2011.
• Pro Tour Grand Finals appearances: 5. Record: runner-up (2007, 08).
• Asian Games: QF (2006).
• Asian Championships: runner-up (2009).

Mixed doubles

• World Championships: QF (2007).

Team

• Olympics: 3rd (2008).
• World Championships: 3rd (2012).
• World Team Cup: 2nd (2007); 3rd (2010).

References

1. Mi-young
2. Table tennis at the Summer Olympics
3. Wang Nan (table tennis)
4. List of table tennis players
5. 2009 World Table Tennis Championships
6. Table tennis grips and playing styles
7. 2011 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's doubles
8. Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's singles
9. South Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics
10. Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's singles
11. 2013 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's doubles
12. 2007 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's doubles
13. Table Tennis World Cup
14. 2007 World Table Tennis Championships – Mixed doubles
15. 2009 World Table Tennis Championships – Mixed doubles
16. Guo Yue (table tennis)
17. 2009 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's doubles
18. Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification
19. List of Olympic medalists in table tennis
20. Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics