Seo Su-yeon | |
Birth Date: | 8 January 1986 |
Birth Place: | Mokpo, South Jeolla, South Korea |
Playingstyle: | Right-handed shakehand grip |
Disability Class: | 2 (formerly 3) |
Highest Rank: | 1 (November 2015)[1] |
Current Rank: | 3 (February 2020) |
Height: | 174 cm |
Weight: | 60 kg[2] |
Seo Su-yeon (born January 8, 1986) is a South Korean para table tennis player.[3] [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]
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]