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For other people with the same name, see Park Yeong-sun (disambiguation).
In this Korean name, the family name is Pak.
Pak Yung-sun
Personal information
Nationality North Korea
Born(1956-08-22)22 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
Bronze medal – third place 1981 Novi Sad Team
Silver medal – second place 1979 Pyongyang Team
Gold medal – first place 1977 Birmingham Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1977 Birmingham Team
Gold medal – first place 1975 Calcutta Singles
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Pyongyang Singles
Gold medal – first place 1976 Pyongyang Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1976 Pyongyang Team
Pak Yung-sun
Chosŏn'gŭl

박영순

Hancha

朴英順

Revised RomanizationBak Yeong-sun
McCune–ReischauerPak Yŏng-sun

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

Table tennis career[edit]

Pak Yung Sun 1977

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[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The Immortal Youth". Naenara. 25 March 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  • ^ Boggan, Tim (2008). "Chapter 33". History of U.S. Table Tennis. Vol. VI. Archived from the original on 21 March 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  • ^ "ITTF_Database - PAK Yung Sun (PRK)". ittf.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  • ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  • ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  • ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  • ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  • ^ "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.

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