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Character Introduction
Ro Kyung-min (Korean: 라경민, November 25, 1976) is a South Korean female badminton player.
Ro Kyung-min represented South Korea in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In the women’s doubles, her team with Lee Kyung-won had a first-round draw, and in the second round defeated the Danish team of Penilee Hudel and Mette Schjoldager.In the quarterfinals, the Roh/Lee team defeated Lotte Bruil and Hae-ri Jang of the Netherlands, 15-5, 15-2. In the semifinals, they lost to China’s Jiewen Zhang and Yang Wei 15-6, 15-4, but then beat China’s Tingting Zhao and Yili Wei 10-15, 15-9, 15-7 to win the bronze medal.
Luo Jingmin also competed in the mixed doubles with teammate Kim Dongwen. They lost in the first round before defeating Chris Bruil and Lotte Bruil of the Netherlands in the second round, and in the quarterfinals, Luo/Kim lost to Jonas Rasmussen and Rikke Olsen of Denmark 17-14, 15-8.
Luo Jingmin retired after the 2004 Athens Olympics, and for the next two years she served as assistant coach of the national team and part-time coach of the Daekyo team.
After her retirement, she married her mixed doubles partner, Kim Dong Moon, and they moved to Calgary, Canada, where they had two children.
In 2011, she returned home to coach the Daekyo professional team in Korea.
Equipment Used
BG-80; Ti 10; MUSCLE POWER 99; ARMORTEC 800DE; 1473; SHB-95
Major Achievements
- Bronze Medalist in Women’s Doubles in 2004 Athens Olympic Games, Mixed Doubles Champion in Korea, Switzerland, All England, Denmark Open, Women’s Doubles Champion in Japan Open, Runner-up in Women’s Doubles in Korea Open;
- 2003 World Championships Mixed Doubles Champion, Member of Sudirman Cup Champion, Korea Open Women’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles Champion, Japan Open Women’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles Quarter-finalist;
- 2002 Asian Games Women’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles Champion, Indonesia Open Women’s Doubles Quarterfinals, Singapore Open Women’s Doubles Elite Eight, Japan and Switzerland Open Women’s Doubles Champion, Korea and All England Open Women’s Doubles Elite Eight, Singapore, Japan, Korea, Switzerland and All England Open Mixed Doubles Champion;
- 2001 China Open Women’s Doubles Top Eight, U.S., Swiss Open Women’s Doubles Champion, World Championships Women’s Doubles Top Four, Mixed Doubles Runner-Up, Japan, All England Open Women’s Doubles Top Eight, Korea Open Women’s Doubles Runner-Up, Mixed Doubles Champion, Hong Kong, China, Mixed Doubles Champion of Asian Championships;
- 2000 Olympic Games women’s doubles quarter-finals, Malaysia, Switzerland Open women’s doubles quarter-finals, All England Open women’s doubles runner-up, Chinese Taipei, Korea Open women’s doubles champion, Malaysia, Switzerland, All England, Korea Open mixed doubles champion;
- 1999 Asian Games and World Championships Women’s Doubles Runner-up, All England and Sweden Open Women’s Doubles Champion, Asian Championships, Singapore and World Championships Mixed Doubles Champion, Sweden and Korea Open Mixed Doubles Champion;
- 1998 All England Open women’s doubles runner-up, mixed doubles champion, Sweden Open women’s doubles, mixed doubles champion, Asian Championships, Japan Open mixed doubles champion;
- 1997 China, Hong Kong, China, U.S. Open mixed doubles champion;
- 1996 Olympic Games mixed doubles runner-up.
