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| Nationality |  South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 August 1982[1] Seoul, South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing style | Right-handed, Japanese Penhold | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 2 (September 2004)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Ryu Seung-min | |
| Hangul | 유승민 |
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| Hanja | 柳承敏 |
| Revised Romanization | Yu Seungmin |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ryu Sŭngmin |
| IPA | ju.sɯŋ.min |
Ryu Seung-min (Korean: 유승민; Korean pronunciation: [ju.sɯŋ.min]; born August 5, 1982) is a South Korean table tennis player who won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the men's singles competition.[1][3] His opponent was Wang Hao, a top-seeded player from the Chinese national team. Along the way, he defeated 1992 Olympic champion Jan-Ove Waldner with 4–1. At the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics he was part of the South Korean team that won the bronze and silver medals respectively.[4][5] Ryu is ranked twenty-fifth in the world as of July 2013.[2] In 2016, Ryu became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), he was a member and Chair of the Athletes' Commission of the South Korean National Olympic Committee from 2016 to 2019.[6] Since 2018, he counts among the ITTF Foundation Ambassadors, promoting sport for development and peace.[7]
In March 2022, Ryu signed with World Star Entertainment.[8]
- ^ a b "ITTF player's profile". International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on June 16, 2011.
- ^ a b "ITTF world ranking". International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on August 19, 2010.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yu Seung-Min". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
- ^ "Beijing 2008 Team men Results - Olympic table-tennis".
- ^ "London 2012 Team men Results - Olympic table-tennis".
- ^ "Seung min Ryu". The International Olympic Committee. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
- ^ "Our Ambassadors - ITTF Foundation". www.ittffoundation.org. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
- ^ Ahn Jin-young (March 24, 2022). "남자 탁구 전설' 유승민, 남현희와 한솥밥…월드스타와 계약" [Legend of Men’s Table Tennis’ Yoo Seung-min, Nam Hyun-hee and Han Pot Rice… contract with world star] (in Korean). Munhwa Ilbo. Retrieved March 24, 2022 – via Naver.