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Kim Hyo-min

Kim Hyo-min
Kim Hyo Min at the 2014 Badminton Asia Championships
Personal information
CountrySouth Korea
Born (1995-12-08) 8 December 1995 (age 28)
Ulsan, South Korea
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight50 kg (110 lb)
HandednessRight
Women's singles
Highest ranking22 (28 June 2016)
Current ranking68 (9 August 2022)
BWF profile
Kim Hyo-min
Hangul
김효민
Hanja
金效旻
Revised RomanizationGim Hyo-min
McCune–ReischauerKim Hyo-min

Kim Hyo-min (born 8 December 1995 ) is a South Korean badminton player.[1] Although she now specializes in singles, Kim's first big result in a major international junior event came when she and fellow singles specialist Lee Min-ji reached the girls' doubles semi-finals at the 2012 World Junior Championships. The following year, she was undefeated in South Korea's run to winning the Suhandinata Cup at the 2013 World Junior Championships. In 2014, Kim beat Sun Yu to reach the final of the 2014 Macau Open Grand Prix Gold, and she became the runner-up after being defeated by P. V. Sindhu in the final round.[2]

Achievements

BWF World Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Taoyuan Arena,
Taoyuan City, Taipei, Taiwan
South Korea Han So-yeon Indonesia Shella Devi Aulia
Indonesia Anggia Shitta Awanda
13–21, 20–22 Bronze Bronze
2012 Chiba Port Arena,
Chiba, Japan
South Korea Lee Min-ji China Huang Yaqiong
China Yu Xiaohan
12–21, 7–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2014 Macau Open India P. V. Sindhu 12–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Chinese Taipei Masters South Korea Lee Jang-mi 16–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2012 Scottish International Japan Sayaka Takahashi 6–21, 8–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Thailand International Thailand Supanida Katethong 16–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "Korea Open player profile" (PDF). koreaopen.kr. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  2. ^ "[마카오오픈배드민턴] 여자단식 김효민 2위 차지!" (in Korean). Badminton Daily. Retrieved 7 May 2017.