Kang Mi-soon

Kang Mi-soon (Korean: 강미순; Hanja: 姜美順; Chinese: 姜美顺, born 16 February 1993^[4]) is a Chinese-South Korean table tennis player. An ethnic Korean born in China,^[1] she became a naturalized South Korean in 2008.^[4]

Kang Mi-soon
Nationality	Chinese (before 2008) South Korean (after 2008)
Born	Jiang Meishun (1993-02-16) 16 February 1993 (age 32) Daqing,[1] Heilongjiang, China
Height	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)[2]
Table tennis career
Playing style	Left-handed shakehand grip
Highest ranking	30 (March 2011)[3]

Kang Mi-soon
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	姜美順
Simplified Chinese	姜美顺
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jiāng Měishùn
Korean name
Hangul	강미순
Transcriptions Revised Romanization Gang Misun

In this Korean name, the family name is Kang.

Playing for a club in Qingdao at age 14, Kang was ranked No. 6 in China's second division, when she emigrated to South Korea. Her mother had settled in South Korea two years prior, in 2005.^[5]