Kim Yun-ja (, born May 15, 1963) is a retired female badminton player from South Korea. She is the last player to win All England Open titles in both singles and doubles.

In 1989, Kim married Sung Han-kook, a fellow world-class player who later went on to become the national team head coach. Sung and Kim's daughter Sung Ji-hyun is also a badminton player.

Career Kim was one of a Korean finest women's badminton player in early 1980's where she won 2 bronzes in women's singles and 2 silvers in women's doubles at 1982 Asian Games and 1986 Asian Games. Kim also snatched two golds and one silver medals in 1983 and 1985 Asian Championships which two of it in women's doubles and another one in mixed doubles. In the World Championships, Kim won two bronze medals in women's doubles, one at the 1985 IBF World Championships with Yoo Sang-hee, and another at the 1987 IBF World Championships with Chung So-young.

Post-Retirement She has long been retired from the sports since 1988 and stay with the sports as a fulltime instructor specifically for badminton in Hansei University. In 1998, She became a professor and working in several universities such as Hankuk University of Foreign Studies and Korea National Sports University

Achievements Olympic Games Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 1988(Exhibition) Seoul National University Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea Chung So-young Guan Weizhen Lin Ying 15–11, 14–17, 15–5 Gold

World Championships Women's doubles YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult1985Olympic Saddledome, Calgary, Canada Yoo Sang-hee Han Aiping Li Lingwei10–15, 15–9, 17–18 Bronze 1987 Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing, China Chung So-young Guan Weizhen Lin Ying 15–12, 12–15, 4–15 Bronze

World Games Women's doubles YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult 1981 San Jose Civic Auditorium, California, United States Hwang Sun-ai Jane Webster Nora Perry 15–8, 14–17, 10–15 Bronze

World Cup Women's doubles YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult1983Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Yoo Sang-hee Han Aiping Li Lingwei14–17, 3–15 Bronze1985Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia Yoo Sang-hee Lin Ying Wu Dixi4–15, 5–15 Silver 1988 National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand Chung So-young Guan Weizhen Lin Ying 3–15, 7–15 Silver

Asian Games Women' singles YearVenueOpponentScoreResult1982Indraprashtha Stadium, New Delhi, India Li Lingwei5–11, 8–11 Bronze1986Olympic Gymnastics Arena, Seoul, South Korea Han Aiping7–11, 9–12 Bronze

Women's doubles YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult1982Indraprashtha Stadium, New Delhi, India Yoo Sang-hee Hwang Sun-ai Kang Haeng-suk13–18, 15–7, 7–15 Silver1986Olympic Gymnastics Arena, Seoul, South Korea Yoo Sang-hee Lin Ying Guan Weizhen9–15, 15–8, 10–15 Silver

Asian Championships Women's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result1983Netaji Indoor Stadium, Calcutta, India Yoo Sang-hee6–11, 2–11 Silver

Women's doubles YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult1983Netaji Indoor Stadium, Calcutta, India Yoo Sang-hee Fan Ming Guan Weizhen15–10, 6–15, 14–17 Bronze1985Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Yoo Sang-hee Hwang Hye-young Chung So-young15–5, 15–4 Gold

Mixed doubles YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult1983Calcutta, India Park Joo-bong Hafid Yusuf Ruth Damayanti 15–3, 15–2 Gold

IBF World Grand Prix (19 titles, 8 runners-up) The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 1984 Swedish Open Fumiko Tookairin 11–6, 5–11, 10–12 Runner-Up 1985 Scandinavian Cup Kirsten Larsen 11–4, 11–2 Winner 1986 German Open Helen Troke 11–1, 8–11, 12–10 Winner 1986 All England Open Qian Ping 11–6, 12–11 Winner 1987 French Open Lee Young-suk 11–4, 5–11, 11–0 Winner

Women's doubles YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult1983Denmark Open Yoo Sang-hee Winner1983Malaysia Open Yoo Sang-hee Jane Webster Nora Perry11–15, 15–4, 15–7 Winner1983India Open Yoo Sang-hee Ruth Damyanti Maria Francisca15–7, 15–12 Winner1984Denmark Open Yoo Sang-hee Atsuko Tokuda Yoshiko Yonekura3–15, 15–5, 15–13 Winner1984Swedish Open Yoo Sang-hee Atsuko Tokuda Yoshiko Yonekura15–11, 8–15, 15–9 Winner1984All England Open Yoo Sang-hee Lin Ying Wu Dixi8–15, 15–8, 14–17 Runner-up1984Scandinavian Cup Yoo Sang-hee Lin Ying Wu Dixi1–15, 7–15 Runner-up1985Japan Open Yoo Sang-hee Guan Weizhen Wu Jianqiu15–5, 15–3 Winner1985Denmark Open Yoo Sang-hee Gillian Gilks Nora Perry15–7, 15–7 Winner1985Scandinavian Open Yoo Sang-hee Maria Bengtsson Christine Magnusson8–15, 15–5, 15–1 Winner1986German Open Yoo Sang-hee Hwang Hye-young Chung So-young15–10, 15–5 Winner1986Scandinavian Open Yoo Sang-hee Chung Myung-hee Chung So-young15–7, 17–14 Winner1986All England Open Yoo Sang-hee Hwang Hye-young Chung So-young5–15, 15–6, 8–15 Runner-up1986China Open Yoo Sang-hee Ivana Lie Verawaty Fadjrin8–15, 10–15 Runner-up 1987 Hong Kong Open Chung So-young Ivana Lie Rosiana Tendean 18–14, 11–15, 15–2 Winner1988Poona Open Yoo Sang-hee Dorte Kjaer Nettie Nielsen15–12, 15–2 Winner 1988 All England Open Chung So-young Chung Myung-hee Hwang Hye-young 15–8, 9–15 retired Winner 1988 French Open Chung So-young Chung Myung-hee Hwang Hye-young 9–15, 13–18 Runner-up 1988 Canadian Open Chung So-young Eline Coene Erica van Dijck 4–15, 3–15 Runner-up 1988 U.S. Open Chung So-young Cho Young-suk Lee Myung-hee 17–14, 15–4 Winner 1988 Malaysia Open Chung So-young Guan Weizhen Lin Ying 6–15, 3–15 Runner-up

Mixed doubles YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult1987French Open Park Joo-bong Mark Christiansen Erica Van Den Heuvel 15–10, 15–7 Winner

References

External links All England champions 1899–2007