Kim Ji-hyun

Kim Ji-hyun (; born 10 September 1974), also known as Jihyun Marr, is South Korean former 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. In november 2020 she was appointed as one of the five new coaches by the Badminton Korea Association (BKA) responsible for the women's singles till 31 October 2022.

Kim left BKA to join the Badminton Association of Thailand (BAT) in March 2022 as part of the BAT effort to strengthen the coaching team in preparation for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. She successfully coached Thailand's Supanida Katethong to break into the top 10 in women's singles by capturing the 2024 Thailand Open title, a BWF World Tour 500 event. Kim left BAT to become Singapore women’s singles badminton coach on 1 January 2025. Kim is subsequently appointed with an expanded role of guiding the men’s players as well, becoming the Singles Head Coach for Singapore's badminton team.

Achievements

Asian Championships Women's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 1994 Shanghai Gymnasium, Shanghai, China Liu Yuhong 12–11, 7–11, 5–11 Bronze Bronze

Asian Cup Women's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 1994 Beijing Gymnasium, Beijing, China Han Jingna 5–11, 8–11 Bronze Bronze

East Asian Games Women's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 1993 Shanghai, China Lin Xiaoming 11–8, 11–12, 1–11 Bronze 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 Year Venue Opponent Score Result 1989 Jakarta, Indonesia Camilla Martin 11–5, 11–7 Gold Gold

IBF World Grand Prix The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 1994 Chinese Taipei Open Susi Susanti 2–11, 5–11 Runner-up 1994 Korea Open Bang Soo-hyun 5–11, 5–11 Runner-up 1994 Swedish Open Bang Soo-hyun 11–6, 5–11, 3–11 Runner-up 1996 Thailand Open Wang Chen 11–2, 5–11, 7–11 Runner-up 1998 Swedish Open Gong Zhichao 12–10, 11–8 Winner 1999 Swedish Open Gong Ruina 8–11, 5–11 Runner-up 2001 Korea Open Camilla Martin 7–11, 11–8, 10–13 Runner-up

IBF International Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 1991 USSR International Elena Rybkina 5–15, 7–15 Runner-up 1999 Hungarian International Lee Soon-deuk 11–6, 11–1 Winner 1999 Norwegian International Wang Chen 2–11, 11–3, 11–6 Winner 2002 New Zealand International Lenny Permana 7–2, 7–1, 7–1 Winner

Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 1991 USSR International Kang Bok-seung Natalja Ivanova Julia Martynenko 10–15, 18–17, 12–15 Runner-up