Kim Yun-ja
Personal information
Country	South Korea
Born	(1963-05-15) 15 May 1963 (age 61)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  South Korea World Championships 1985 Calgary Women's doubles 1987 Beijing Women's doubles World Games 1981 Santa Clara Women's doubles World Cup 1985 Kuala Lumpur Women's doubles 1988 Bangkok Women's doubles 1983 Kuala Lumpur Women's doubles Uber Cup 1988 Kuala Lumpur Women's team Asian Games 1982 New Delhi Women's doubles 1986 Seoul Women's doubles 1982 New Delhi Women's singles 1986 Seoul Women's singles 1982 New Delhi Women's team 1986 Seoul Women's team Asian Championships 1985 Kuala Lumpur Women's doubles 1983 Calcutta Mixed doubles 1983 Calcutta Women's singles

Kim Yun-ja (Korean: 김연자; Hanja: 金練子, 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.^[1] Sung and Kim's daughter Sung Ji-hyun is also a badminton player.^[2]

She won two World Championship 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.^{[citation needed]}

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1983	Calcutta, India	Park Joo-bong	Hafid Yusuf Ruth Damayanti	15–3, 15–2	Gold

Outcome	Event	Year	Venue	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Asian Games
3	Singles	1986	Seoul, South Korea
3	Singles	1982	New Delhi, India
Asian Championships
2	Singles	1983	Calcutta, India	Yoo Sang-hee	6-11, 2-11
All England Open
1	Singles	1986	London, England	Qian Ping	11-6, 12-11
Other Open Tournaments
1	Singles	1987	French Open	Lee Young-suk	11-4, 5-11, 11-0
1	Singles	1986	German Open	Helen Troke	11-1, 8-11, 12-10
1	Singles	1985	Denmark Open	Kirsten Larsen	11-4, 11-2

Outcome	Event	Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
World Championships
3	WD	1987	Beijing, China	Chung So-young
3	WD	1985	Calgary, Canada	Yoo Sang-hee
Asian Games
2	WD	1986	Seoul, South Korea	Yoo Sang-hee	Lin & Guan
2	WD	1982	New Delhi, India	Yoo Sang-hee	Kang & Hwang	13-18, 15–7, 7-15
All England Open
1	WD	1988	London, England	Chung So-young	Chung & Hwang	withdraw
Other Open Tournaments
1	WD	1988	Belgian Open	Yoo Sang-hee	Kjaer & Nielsen	15-12, 15-2
1	XD	1987	French Open	Park Joo-bong	Christiansen & Dijck	15-10, 15-7
1	WD	1986	Scandinavian Open	Yoo Sang-hee	Chung & Chung	15-7, 15-4
1	WD	1986	German Open	Yoo Sang-hee	Chung & Chung	15-10, 15-5
1	WD	1985	Danish Open	Yoo Sang-hee	Magnusson & Bengtsson	12-15, 18–14, 15-1
1	WD	1985	Danish Open	Yoo Sang-hee	Gilks & Perry	15-7, 15-7
1	WD	1985	Japan Open	Yoo Sang-hee	Wu & Guan	15-4, 3-15, 15-4
1	WD	1984	Swedish Open	Yoo Sang-hee	Yonekura & Tokuda	15-11, 10–15, 15-9
1	WD	1984	Danish Open	Yoo Sang-hee	Yonekura & Tokuda	3-15, 15–3, 15-13
1	WD	1983	Malaysia Open	Yoo Sang-hee	Perry & Webster	11-15, 15–4, 15-7

• All England champions 1899-2007
• Yun JA KIM at the World Games
• Kim Yeon-Ja at Olympedia