Pak Yung-sun
Personal information
Nationality North Korea
Born(1956-08-22)22 August 1956
Sakchu County, North Pyongan
Died14 July 1987(1987-07-14) (aged 30)
ClubFebruary 8 Sports Club
Medal record
Women's table tennis
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1981 Novi Sad Team
Silver medal – second place 1979 Pyongyang Team
Gold medal – first place 1977 Birmingham Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1977 Birmingham Team
Gold medal – first place 1975 Calcutta Singles
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Pyongyang Singles
Gold medal – first place 1976 Pyongyang Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1976 Pyongyang Team
Pak Yung-sun
Chosŏn'gŭl
박영순
Hancha
朴英順
Revised RomanizationBak Yeong-sun
McCune–ReischauerPak Yŏng-sun

Pak Yung-sun (Korean: 박영순; 22 August 1956 – 14 July 1987), People's Athlete and Labor Hero,[1] was an international table tennis player from North Korea. She represented the Korean People's Army's February 8 Sports Club.[2]

Table tennis career

From 1974 to 1981 she won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Asian Table Tennis Championships and in the World Table Tennis Championships.[3]

The five World Championship medals[4][5] included two gold medals in the singles at the 1975 World Table Tennis Championships and 1977 World Table Tennis Championships.[6][7]

She is buried at the Patriotic Martyrs' Cemetery.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Immortal Youth". Naenara. 25 March 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  2. ↑ Boggan, Tim (2008). "Chapter 33". History of U.S. Table Tennis. Vol. VI. Archived from the original on 21 March 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "ITTF_Database - PAK Yung Sun (PRK)". ittf.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  5. ↑ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  6. ↑ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  7. ↑ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  8. ↑ "DPRK's Sports Aces (6) - World table-tennis queen Pak Yong Sun". Korean Central News Agency. Pyongyang. 3 March 2014. Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2015.

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