Jang Woo-jin

Jang Woo-jin (born 10 September 1995) is a South Korean table tennis player.[2]

Jang Woo-jin
Personal information
Born (1995-09-10) 10 September 1995
Sokcho, Gangwon Province, South Korea[1]
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Table tennis career
Playing styleRight-handed, shakehand attacking[2]
Highest ranking8 (4 July 2023)[3]
Current ranking13 (26 September 2023)
ClubKorea Armed Forces Athletic Corps (KTTL)[1]
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  South Korea
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2021 HoustonDoubles
Silver medal – second place2023 DurbanDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2016 Kuala LumpurTeam
Bronze medal – third place2018 HalmstadTeam
Bronze medal – third place2022 ChengduTeam
World Cup
Silver medal – second place2019 TokyoTeam
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place2018 JakartaTeam
Silver medal – second place2022 HangzhouDoubles
Silver medal – second place2022 HangzhouTeam
Bronze medal – third place2022 HangzhouSingles
Bronze medal – third place2022 HangzhouMixed doubles
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 DohaTeam
Silver medal – second place2017 WuxiTeam
Silver medal – second place2019 YogyakartaTeam
Silver medal – second place2021 DohaDoubles
Silver medal – second place2021 DohaMixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place2015 PattayaTeam
Bronze medal – third place2021 DohaSingles
Bronze medal – third place2023 PyeongchangDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2023 PyeongchangTeam

Career

Junior

Jang started playing international matches from the South Korean cadet boys' team in 2009 – Bahrain Junior Open held in Manama, Bahrain.[4] He won boys' singles title at the 2013 World Junior Table Tennis Championships.

2018

He won the gold medal in 2018 Korea Open held at Daejeon, South Korea without even having been a seeded player at the start of the tournament.[5] He became the first-ever ITTF World Tour triple crown winner in this event as well by also winning gold medals in men's doubles and mixed doubles.[5]

2020

In 2020 ITTF Men's World Cup, he was seeded at 12 and managed to reach up to semi-finals.[6] Within a week from this world cup, in 2020 ITTF Finals, he was seeded at 14 and managed to reach semi-finals again.[7]

2021

Jang Woojin represented South Korea at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after qualifying by virtue of being the highest ranked Korean player.[8] In March, Jang played in the WTT Star Contender event at WTT Doha, but he suffered a disappointing round of 32 exit to Ruwen Filus.[9]

Jang lost 4–3 to Hugo Calderano in the round of 16 in the men's singles event in the Tokyo Olympics.[10]

Singles titles
Year Tournament Final opponent Score Ref
2016 ITTF World Tour, Belarus Open Russia Grigory Vlasov 4–3 [11]
2018 ITTF World Tour Platinum, Korea Open China Liang Jingkun 4–0 [12]
2022 WTT Feeder Otocec China Xiang Peng 4–3 [13]
WTT Contender Muscat China Liang Yanning 4–3 [14]

References
  1. "JANG WO JIN". KTTL (in Korean). Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  2. "JANG WOO Jin | Victas Advisory Staff". Archived from the original on 22 November 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  3. "Ranking History". results.ittf.link. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  4. "Player matches". Archived from the original on 22 November 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  5. "Another fairy tale on the horizon for Jang Woojin?". 26 June 2019. Archived from the original on 27 June 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  6. "Dishang 2020 ITTF Men's World Cup: Final Day". 15 November 2020. Archived from the original on 21 November 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  7. "Bank of Communications 2020 ITTF Finals: Day Three". ittf.com. 21 November 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  8. "Korean Olympic Trials Day 4: Lee Sangsu Qualifies for 2021 Tokyo Olympics – Edges and Nets". edgesandnets.com. 4 February 2021. Archived from the original on 2 March 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  9. "Top 6 Storylines Following Round of 32 At WTT Star Contender". edgesandnets.com. 10 March 2021. Archived from the original on 10 March 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  10. "Hugo Calderano Defeats Jang Woojin 4–3 – Edges and Nets". edgesandnets.com. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  11. "Players matches". ittf.com. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  12. "Review Final Day: Jang Woojin makes World Tour history in Daejeon as tournament closes in style". ittf.com. 22 July 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  13. "WTT Feeder Otocec 2022". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  14. "WTT Contender Muscat 2022". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
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