Joo Young-dae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Sacheon,[1] South Gyeongsang, South Korea | January 15, 1973|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing style | Right-handed shakehand grip | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | 1 (July 2017)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Joo Young-dae (Korean: 주영대; RR: Ju Yeongdae, born 15 January 1973[4]) is a South Korean para table tennis player. He won two silver medals at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. He is being coached by Choi Kyoung-sik.[2]
He became disabled following a traffic accident in 1993, when he was a sophomore at Gyeongsang National University.[5]