KIM Myung Je

Republic of Korea

Wheelchair Tennis

Date of Birth: 5 Jan 1987

Age: 34

Gender: Male

Sport Class: QT

Place of residence : GWANGJU

Residence Country:

Republic of Korea

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Wheelchair Tennis	Quad Singles	9
	Quad Doubles KOR Kim / Kim	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
5th on Centre Court	Ariake Tennis Park Centre Court	Quad Singles First Round KOR KIM MJKIM Myung Je Sport Class: QT 0 0 JPN SUGENO KSUGENO Koji Sport Class: QT 6 6	Finished
3rd on Court 1	Ariake Tennis Park Court 1	Quad Doubles Quarterfinal GBR Cotterill / Lapthorne 6 6 KOR Kim / Kim 2 0	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Asian Para Games
RU	Quad Doubles	2018	Jakarta, INA
R16	Quad Singles	2018	Jakarta, INA

Legend
WR - Winner, RU - Runner-up, 3RD - 3rd place, 4TH - 4th place, F - Final, SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, R16 - Round of 16, R32 - Round of 32, R64 - Round of 64, R128 - Round of 128

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Sports Toto [Korea]

Na In Cheol [national], KOR; Yoo Ji-Gon [club], KOR

Left (sportsseoul.com, 26 Jun 2019)

Other sports:

He played able-bodied baseball as a pitcher for Korea Baseball Organisation [KBO] club Doosan Bears from 2005 to 2009. (hani.co.kr, 09 Oct 2018; koreabaseball.com, 2009)

2018 for Korea (hani.co.kr, 09 Oct 2018)

National team:

2018 (hani.co.kr, 09 Oct 2018)

He took up the sport in 2014. (hani.co.kr, 09 Oct 2018)

He wanted to lose weight following his accident. He was inspired by Korean wheelchair tennis player Han Sung-Bong after watching videos of Han's performances. (hani.co.kr, 09 Oct 2018; yeongnam.com, 03 Mar 2018)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, and to be ranked among the top 10 players in the world. (hani.co.kr, 09 Oct 2018)

General Interest

Classification
Quad (itftennis.com, 29 Sep 2019)

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (hani.co.kr, 09 Oct 2018)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (hani.co.kr, 09 Oct 2018)

Impairment Details
He sustained a spinal cord injury in a car accident in 2009. (hani.co.kr, 09 Oct 2018; sportsseoul.com, 26 Jun 2019)

General
SWITCHING HAND
He threw right and batted right when he was an able-bodied pitcher. When he began playing wheelchair tennis after a spinal cord injury, he used bandages to secure the racket to his right hand. However, in 2019 he began gripping his racket with his left hand, as his right wrist and muscles in his right thumb and index finger had been weakening. "If I only thought about how to represent my country [at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo], I would keep playing with my right hand. But I want to see a long-term future, as the Paralympic Games will not be only held in 2020." (hani.co.kr, 09 Oct 2018; koreabaseball.com, 2009; sportsseoul.com, 26 Jun 2019)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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