Yang Young-ja explained
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| Birth Date: | 6 July 1964 |
| Birth Place: | Iksan, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea |
| Height: | 1.66m (05.45feet) |
| Weight: | 59kg (130lb) |
| Sport: | Table tennis |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Yang Young-Ja (; born July 6, 1964) is a retired female table tennis player from South Korea.[1]
Table tennis career
She won gold medals in women's doubles at the 1987 ITTF World Championships[2] [3] and the 1988 Summer Olympics, together with Hyun Jung-Hwa. She is also a two-time women's singles world champion runner-up in 1983 and 1987.[4] [5]
She retired right after the 1988 Summer Olympics, and currently resides in Seoul working as a table tennis coach responsible for the junior team of South Korea.
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Profile. Table Tennis Guide.
- Book: Montague, Trevor. A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. 2004. The Bath Press. 0-316-72645-1.
- Book: Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian. The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. 1987. Guinness Superlatives. 0-85112-492-5. registration.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200417233727/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ya/yang-yeong-ja-1.html Yang Yeong-Ja
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200418124523/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/TTN/womens-doubles.html Table Tennis at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's Doubles
