Seo Su-yeon
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.jpg) Seo before the 2016 Summer Paralympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | January 8, 1986 Mokpo,[1] South Jeolla, South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Table tennis career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing style | Right-handed shakehand grip | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | 2 (formerly 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 1 (November 2015)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 3 (February 2020) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Seo Su-yeon (Korean: 서수연, born January 8, 1986) is a South Korean para table tennis player.[1][4] She won a silver medal and a bronze at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[5] She also won two silver medals at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan. She is coached by Cho Jae-kwan.[2]
Personal life
When she was 18, Seo aspired to be a model and visited a hospital to correct her posture. Instead, she was paralysed by an injection. She began playing table tennis while she fought the hospital in courts.[6]
References
- ^ a b c "IPTTF Profile - Seo Su Yeon". International Para Table Tennis Federation. 31 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Seo Su-Yeon". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2 February 2020.[dead link]
- ^ "Seo Su Yeon Ranking History". International Para Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ "Athlete Bio". Paralympic.org. 31 March 2019.
- ^ "Su-Yeon Seo". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ "모델이 되고 싶었던 평범한 소녀는 꿈 대신 탁구를 들고 세계랭킹 1위의 휠체어 탁구선수가 됐다". Yonhap News Agency. 2016-04-20. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
External links
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- 1986 births
- Living people
- South Korean female table tennis players
- Paralympic table tennis players for South Korea
- Paralympic silver medalists for South Korea
- Paralympic bronze medalists for South Korea
- Paralympic medalists in table tennis
- Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Table tennis players at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Para Games
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Para Games
- Medalists at the 2022 Asian Para Games
- People with paraplegia
- People from Mokpo
- Sportspeople from South Jeolla Province
- 21st-century South Korean women
- South Korean sportspeople stubs
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