Yang Young-ja

In this Korean name, the family name is Yang.

Yang Young-Ja (Korean: 양영자; Hanja: 梁英子; RR: Yang Yeong-ja; born July 6, 1964) is a retired female table tennis player from South Korea.^[1]

Yang Young-ja

Personal information
Born	(1964-07-06) 6 July 1964 (age 60) Iksan, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport	Table tennis
Medal record Representing  South Korea Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Doubles World Championships 1987 New Delhi Doubles 1983 Tokyo Singles 1987 New Delhi Singles 1987 New Delhi Team 1985 Gothenburg Team 1987 New Delhi Mixed doubles Asian Games 1986 Seoul Team 1982 New Delhi Team 1982 New Delhi Singles 1986 Seoul Singles 1986 Seoul Doubles 1986 Seoul Mixed Doubles

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

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

References

1. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
2. Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
3. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
4. Yang Yeong-Ja. sports-reference.com
5. Table Tennis at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's Doubles. sports-reference.com