Yoo Nam-kyu explained

Yoo Nam-kyu
Fullname:	Yoo Nam-kyu
Birth Date:	4 June 1968
Medaltemplates:

Korean name
Headercolor:	cccccc
Hangul:	유남규
Hanja:	劉南奎
Rr:	Yu Namgyu
Mr:	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

Olympics

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

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

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

• List of table tennis players
• List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

External links

• Nam-Kyu Yoo at databaseOlympics.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://results.ittf.link/index.php?option=com_fabrik&view=list&listid=47&Itemid=158&fab_matches___player_a_id[value=110403&fab_matches___player_a_id[join]=OR&fab_matches___player_b_id[value]=110403&fab_matches___player_b_id[join]=OR&fab_matches___player_x_id[value]=110403&fab_matches___player_x_id[join]=OR&fab_matches___player_y_id[value]=110403&fab_matches___player_y_id[join]=OR&resetfilters=1 Yoo Namkyu]. ITTF. 2019-09-08.
2. Web site: Table Tennis World Championship medal winners. Sports123.
3. Web site: Profile. Table Tennis Guide.
4. Book: Montague, Trevor. A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. 2004. The Bath Press. 0-316-72645-1.
5. Web site: TTStat.se > Lagprofil > Ängby SK.