Pak Yung-sun

Pak Yung-sun
Personal information
Nationality  North Korea
Born 22 August 1956
Sakchu County, North Pyongan
Died 14 July 1987(1987-07-14) (aged 30)
Pak Yung-sun
Chosŏn'gŭl 박영순
Hancha 朴英順
Revised Romanization Bak Yeongsun
McCune–Reischauer Pak Yŏngsun
This is a Korean name; the family name is Pak.

Pak Yung-sun (Chosŏn'gŭl: 박영순; 22 August 1956  14 July 1987), People's Athlete and Labor Hero,[1] was a female table tennis player from North Korea. 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.[2] She is buried at the Patriotic Martyrs' Cemetery.[3]

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References

  1. "The Immortal Youth". Naenara. 25 March 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  2. "ITTF_Database - PAK Yung Sun (PRK)". ittf.com. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  3. "DPRK's Sports Aces (6) - World table-tennis queen Pak Yong Sun". Korean Central News Agency (Pyongyang). 3 March 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
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