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Hyun Jung-hwa

Hyun Jung-Hwa
Hyun Jung-hwa in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Hyun Jung-Hwa
Nationality	South Korea
Born	(1969-10-06) 6 October 1969 (age 54) Busan, South Korea
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight	52 kg (115 lb)
Table tennis career
Playing style	Right-handed, penhold grip
Medal record Women's table tennis Representing  South Korea Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Doubles 1992 Barcelona Singles 1992 Barcelona Doubles World Championships 1987 New Delhi Doubles 1989 Dortmund Mixed Doubles 1993 Gothenburg Singles 1987 New Delhi Team 1989 Dortmund Team 1993 Gothenburg Mixed Doubles 1989 Dortmund Singles 1993 Gothenburg Team World Cup 1990 Seoul Doubles 1991 Barcelona Team 1992 Las Vegas Doubles 1990 Chiba City Team Asian Games 1986 Seoul Team 1990 Beijing Doubles 1990 Beijing Mixed Doubles 1990 Beijing Team 1986 Seoul Doubles 1986 Seoul Mixed Doubles Asian Championships 1988 Niigata Doubles 1988 Niigata Mixed Doubles 1988 Niigata Team 1990 Kuala Lumpur Mixed Doubles 1990 Kuala Lumpur Team 1986 Shenzhen Mixed Doubles 1988 Niigata Singles 1990 Kuala Lumpur Doubles Representing  Korea World Championships 1991 Chiba City Team

Hyun Jung-hwa (Korean: 현정화; Hanja: 玄静和; RR: Hyeon Jeong-hwa; born October 6, 1969, in Busan, South Korea) is a retired table tennis player from South Korea who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, and in the 1992 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Career[edit]

National South Korean table tennis player Hyun Jung-Hwa brought about the golden age of table tennis to Korea. She is one of an elite group of players who have won at least one gold medal in every discipline they were eligible to compete in at the World Table Tennis Championships.^[2] Her first gold medal came in the women's doubles (partnering Yang Young-Ja) at the 1987 World Table Tennis ChampionshipsinNew Delhi. She followed it up by winning the mixed doubles title with Yoo Nam-Kyu at the 1989 World Table Tennis ChampionshipsinDortmund. During 1988 Seoul Olympics, she led the South Korean team to victory against the unbeatable Chinese team. She was again part of the first ever Unified Korean team that stunned China to win the women's team event at the 1991 World Table Tennis ChampionshipsinChiba. Her final World title was an unexpected win in the women's singles event at the 1993 World Table Tennis ChampionshipsinGothenburg, where she also brought home medals in the mixed doubles and team event, making her the only Korean to achieve a Grand Slam. In 2011, she became the first Korean table tennis player to be inducted into the International Table Tennis Federation's Hall of Fame.^[3]

Notable achievements[edit]

• Hall of Fame Inductee, International Table Tennis Federation
• Executive Director, Korea Table Tennis Association
• Table Tennis Director, Korean Racing Authority
• Head Coach, South Korean national team

In popular culture[edit]

Film[edit]

The story of the Unified Korean team in the 1991 World Championships and its victory over the Chinese in the women's team event is told by the movie As One starring actress Ha Ji-won as Hyun Jung-Hwa.^[4]

Television appearances[edit]

• 2020: King of Mask Singer (MBC), contestant as "Libra" (episode 251)^[5]
• 2021: Hospital Playlist Season 2 (tvN), cameo. Yulje hospital hosts a departmental table tennis tournament every year. Hyun appears as one of the Department of Nuclear Medicine doctors, and easily wins the championship with her partner, Joo Sae-hyuk. (episode 9)^[6]
• 2022: National University is National University (MBN, 2022); Participant^[7]

See also[edit]

• List of table tennis players

References[edit]