Jeoung Young-sik
Jeoung at the 2018 Asian Games
Personal information
NationalityKorean
Born (1992-01-20) 20 January 1992 (age 32)
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Table tennis career
Playing styleAttack, shakehand[1]
Equipment(s)Blade: Icecream Azx
Highest ranking7 (February 2017)[2]
Medal record
Representing  South Korea
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Moscow Team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Rotterdam Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Dortmund Team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Kuala Lumpur Team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Düsseldorf Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Halmstad Team
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2018 London Team
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guangzhou Team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Jakarta Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Guangzhou Doubles
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2012 Macau Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Macau Team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Busan Team

Jeoung Young-sik (also Jeong or Jung, Korean: 정영식, born 20 January 1992) is a South Korean table tennis player.[3] He debuted internationally in 2010 and won a silver and a bronze medal at the Asian Games. Between 2010 and 2018 he won six bronze medals at the world championships. He reached the world ranking #7 in February 2017. His father Jeoung Hae-chul was also a competitive table tennis player.[2][1]

Career

2021

Jeoung completed his mandatory military service from mid-2019 to March of 2021.[4] He will be representing South Korea at the Tokyo Olympics in the team event as well as the men's singles event.[4]

Jeoung upset Timo Boll in the round of 16 to reach the quarter-finals of the Tokyo Olympics,[5] where he lost to Fan Zhendong.[6]

Following the Olympics, Jeoung withdrew from the Korean National Team for the remainder of 2021, including the World Championships in November. The stated reason was to allow more opportunities for his younger teammates.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c Jeoung Young-sik Archived 2018-09-01 at the Wayback Machine. asiangames2018.id
  2. ^ a b JEOUNG Youngsik. ITTF
  3. ^ "Table Tennis: JEOUNG Youngsik". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 30 July 2021. Archived 29 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ a b "WTT Doha 2021 Preview Part 4: Men's Singles Seeds 5 Through 8 - Edges and Nets". edgesandnets.com. 2021-02-18. Retrieved 2021-02-21. Archived 2021-02-22 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Olympic Table Tennis Men's Singles Brackets and Results". edgesandnets.com. 2021-07-24. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  6. ^ "The Olympic Table Tennis Singles Quarterfinals In Memes". edgesandnets.com. 2021-07-28. Retrieved 2021-07-29.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "Jeoung Youngsik Withdraws From 2021 Korean National Team". edgesandnets.com. 2021-08-26. Retrieved 2021-08-26.

External links

Media related to Jeoung Young-sik at Wikimedia Commons


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