Gil Young-ah

Gil Young-ah (born April 11, 1970 in Ansan, Gyeonggi-do) is a former female badminton player from South Korea.[1]

Gil Young-ah
Medal record
Representing  South Korea
Women's Badminton
Olympics
1996 Atlanta Mixed doubles
1996 Atlanta Doubles
1992 Barcelona Doubles
World Cup
1993 New DelhiWomen's doubles
1994 Ho Chi MinhWomen's doubles
Asian Cup
1991 JakartaMixed doubles
1995 QingdaoWomen's doubles
1995 QingdaoMixed doubles
Korean name
Hangul
길영아
Hanja
吉永雅
Revised RomanizationGil Yeong-a
McCune–ReischauerKil Yŏng-a

At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, she won the bronze medal in the women's doubles together with Shim Eun-jung.

Four years later, at the Atlanta Olympics, she won the gold medal in the mixed doubles together with Kim Dong-moon and the silver medal in the women's doubles together with Jang Hye-ock.

Gil retired from badminton after the 1996 Olympics and became an assistant coach of the Samsung Electro-Mechanics badminton team.[2] In 2011, Gil became the first woman to be appointed head coach of a professional team in Korea. She was made Head Coach of the Samsung Electromechanics Women's Badminton Team.[3] When Kim Moon-soo vacated his post as head of the men's team in late 2015, Gil was made Head Coach of the combined team.[4]

Gil has two children who are active elite badminton players. Her son Kim Won-ho is on the national team and her daughter Kim Ah-young plays for an elite high school team in Gyeonggi-do.[3]

References
  1. "Gil Young Ah". bwfmuseum.isida.pro. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  2. "Samsung Electro-mechanics Badminton Team Coaching Staff". Samsung Electro-mechanics. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  3. Lee, Jun-seong (13 March 2011). "Samsung Electro-mechanics - Kwun Seung-taek hired as Head Coach, Gil Young-ah as women's team Head Coach". Segye Ilbo. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  4. Kim, Jong-seok (28 October 2015). "Shuttlecock 'doubles queen' Head Coach Gil Young-ah first woman to lead a men's team". Donga Ilbo. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
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