Jeoung Young-sik

Jeoung Young-sik (also Jeong or Jung, Korean: 정영식, born 20 January 1992) is a South Korean table tennis player.[3] He debuted internationally in 2010 and won a silver and a bronze medal at the Asian Games. Between 2010 and 2018 he won six bronze medals at the world championships. He reached the world ranking #7 in February 2017. His father Jeoung Hae-chul was also a competitive table tennis player.[2][1]

In this Korean name, the family name is Jeoung.
Jeoung Young-sik
Jeoung at the 2018 Asian Games
Personal information
NationalityKorean
Born (1992-01-20) 20 January 1992
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Table tennis career
Playing styleAttack, shakehand[1]
Equipment(s)Blade: Icecream Azx
Highest ranking7 (February 2017)[2]
Medal record
Representing  South Korea
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2010 MoscowTeam
Bronze medal – third place2011 RotterdamDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2012 DortmundTeam
Bronze medal – third place2016 Kuala LumpurTeam
Bronze medal – third place2017 DüsseldorfDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2018 HalmstadTeam
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place2018 LondonTeam
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place2010 GuangzhouTeam
Silver medal – second place2018 JakartaMen's team
Bronze medal – third place2010 GuangzhouDoubles
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place2012 MacauDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2012 MacauTeam
Bronze medal – third place2013 BusanTeam

Career

2021

Jeoung completed his mandatory military service from mid-2019 to March of 2021.[4] He will be representing South Korea at the Tokyo Olympics in the team event as well as the men's singles event.[4]

Jeoung upset Timo Boll in the round of 16 to reach the quarter-finals of the Tokyo Olympics,[5] where he lost to Fan Zhendong.[6]

Following the Olympics, Jeoung withdrew from the Korean National Team for the remainder of 2021, including the World Championships in November. The stated reason was to allow more opportunities for his younger teammates.[7]

References
  1. Jeoung Young-sik Archived 2018-09-01 at the Wayback Machine. asiangames2018.id
  2. JEOUNG Youngsik. ITTF
  3. "Table Tennis: JEOUNG Youngsik". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 30 July 2021. Archived 29 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "WTT Doha 2021 Preview Part 4: Men's Singles Seeds 5 Through 8 - Edges and Nets". edgesandnets.com. 2021-02-18. Retrieved 2021-02-21. Archived 2021-02-22 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Olympic Table Tennis Men's Singles Brackets and Results". edgesandnets.com. 2021-07-24. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  6. "The Olympic Table Tennis Singles Quarterfinals In Memes". edgesandnets.com. 2021-07-28. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  7. "Jeoung Youngsik Withdraws From 2021 Korean National Team". edgesandnets.com. 2021-08-26. Retrieved 2021-08-26.

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