Choi Hyun-ja
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| Born | 16 February 1959 South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing style | Right-handed shakehand grip | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 7 (January 2008)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Choi Hyun-ja (Korean: 최현자; RR: Choe Hyeonja, born 16 February 1959[3]) is a South Korean retired para table tennis player. She won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics[4] at age 53.
Her disability was caused by an accident when she was around ten years old. She began playing in 1992, and was the first female para table tennis player in South Korea.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Choi Hyun-ja Ranking history". ITTF. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ "IPTTF Profile - Choi Hyun-ja". International Para Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ "Hyun Ja Choi". London 2012 Paralympics. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ "Hyun Ja Choi". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ Lee Seung-hyun (27 August 2012). "와라와라, 패럴림픽 참가 최현자 선수 돕는 사연". Edaily (in Korean). Retrieved 1 February 2020.
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