Yoo Nam-kyu
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| Full name | Yoo Nam-kyu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 June 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 유남규 |
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| Hanja | 劉南奎 |
| Revised Romanization | Yu Namgyu |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yu Namgyu |
Yoo Nam-kyu (born June 4, 1968) is a former table tennis player from South Korea who competed in the 1988, the 1992 and in the 1996 Summer Olympics.[1]
Table tennis career
[edit]Olympics
[edit]In 1988 he won the gold medal in the men's singles and the bronze medal in the men's doubles together with Ahn Jae-hyung. Four years later he won the bronze medal in the men's doubles together with Kim Taek-soo. In Atlanta 1996 he won again the bronze medal in the men's doubles this time together with Lee Chul-seung.
World Championships
[edit]He won six World Championship medals[2][3] including a gold medal in the mixed doubles with Hyun Jung-hwa at the 1989 World Table Tennis Championships.[4]
Other
[edit]In the 1985/1986[5] season he played in the Swedish first league for Ängby SK. In 1986 he won the Asian Games both in singles and in team.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Yoo Namkyu". ITTF. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
- ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
- ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
- ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
- ^ "TTStat.se > Lagprofil > Ängby SK".
External links
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- 1968 births
- Living people
- South Korean male table tennis players
- Table tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Table tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Table tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic table tennis players for South Korea
- Olympic gold medalists for South Korea
- Olympic bronze medalists for South Korea
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- Asian Games medalists in table tennis
- Table tennis players at the 1986 Asian Games
- Table tennis players at the 1990 Asian Games
- Table tennis players at the 1994 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games
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- Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea
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- Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea
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