On November 19, 2021, South Korea's former world number one mixed doubles Kim Ho-na officially announced her retirement at IG!
The following is the original text:
Should I call myself a (former) badminton player now?
Retired from the national team in 2018, in 2021 I really gave up playing badminton and played badminton for 21 years.
I wanted to go quietly past, but after seeing the story, I received a phone call saying that many people were cheering for me and saying that it was hard, so I wrote this article! Thank you so much
After watching the team members' surprise retirement party video, thank you for sending more support messages than I thought.
A lot of unexpected things happened when I played badminton, and I got a lot of support. Really appreciated
I love running and playing badminton, I enjoy it, there are many days when I want to quit because it's hard, but I live with a grateful heart
I would also like to thank many directors and coaches who have guided me, coaches who have treated me, as well as brothers and brothers in Jeju Island, juniors, little sisters in college, juniors, and members of the entrepreneurial team
And I would say thank you to all the doubles and mixed-up buddies who were with me, even if it was only for a short time in the national team (I remember who I was with, thank you, thank you again)
I will work hard in the second life in the future, so please support me a lot (I haven't figured out what to do yet)
Be careful of corona, the weather is getting colder, be careful not to get cold
Thank you so much
Because of her beautiful appearance and tall stature, Kim Ho-na has a high reputation among fans. The mixed doubles duo of Kim Ho-na and Gao Sung-hyun was once one of the world's top mixed doubles pairs, and the two were ranked first in the mixed doubles world for the first time on September 22, 2016. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Ko Sung-hyun / Kim Ho-na played as the No. 2 seed, but lost 0-2 to Xu Chen / Ma Jin in the quarter-finals to stop in the quarterfinals.
After the Rio Olympics, Kim Sung-hyun withdrew from the South Korean national team, and Kim Ho-na later competed with young players such as Seo Seung-jae, but the results were not good. In June 2018, Kim Ho-na announced her retirement, and at the end of the same year, Kim Ho-na and her boyfriend Lu Yi-wook held a big wedding.
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