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| Full name | Yoo Nam-kyu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1968-06-04) 4 June 1968 (age 56) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 유남규 |
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| Hanja | 劉南奎 |
| Revised Romanization | Yu Namgyu |
| McCune–Reischauer | 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.
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 including a gold medal in the mixed doubles with Hyun Jung-hwa at the 1989 World Table Tennis Championships.
Other
In the 1985/1986 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
References
- "Yoo Namkyu". ITTF. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
- "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
- "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
- Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
- "TTStat.se > Lagprofil > Ängby SK".
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