Pak Yung-sun

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

Pak Yung-sun
Personal information
Nationality North Korea
Born22 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
1981 Novi Sad Team
1979 Pyongyang Team
1977 Birmingham Singles
1977 Birmingham Team
1975 Calcutta Singles
Asian Championships
1976 Pyongyang Singles
1976 Pyongyang Doubles
1976 Pyongyang Team
Pak Yung-sun
Chosŏn'gŭl
박영순
Hancha
朴英順
Revised RomanizationBak Yeongsun
McCune–ReischauerPak Yŏngsun
In this Korean name, the family name is Pak.

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). History of U.S. Table Tennis. VI. Chapter 33. Retrieved 3 June 2018.CS1 maint: location (link)
  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.

Further reading


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