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1991 World Table Tennis Championships
The 1991 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Chiba from April 24 to May 6, 1991. North Korea and South Korea fielded a unified team under the name Korea (コリア ''Koria''), the first of all Unified Korean sporting teams. The women's Korean team captured the gold medal by topping China, winners of eight consecutive titles since 1975, 3–2 in the final. Results Team Individual Unified team of Korea Prior to the competition, North and South Korea discussed the possibility of the first unified football and table tennis teams since Korea's division. In February 1991, they agreed to the creation of the unified table tennis team to compete at the 1991 World Table Tennis Championships.사상 최초 남북 단일팀의 통일의 기적 <코리아> the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 World Table Tennis Championships
The 1989 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Dortmund from March 29 to April 9, 1989. Results Team Individual References External linksITTF Museum {{World Table Tennis Championships World Table Tennis Championships World Table Tennis Championships World Table Tennis Championships The World Table Tennis Championships are table tennis competitions sanctioned by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). The World Championships have been held since 1926, biennially since 1957. Five individual events, which include men ... 1989 in German sport Table tennis competitions in Germany International sports competitions hosted by West Germany Sports competitions in Dortmund 1980s in North Rhine-Westphalia 20th century in Dortmund March 1989 sports events in Europe April 1989 sports events in Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomáš Janči
Tomáš Janči is a male former international table tennis player from Slovakia. He won a bronze medal at the 1991 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) with Roland Vimi, Petr Javurek, Petr Korbel and Milan Grman for Czechoslovakia. He competed in the 1992 Olympics. See also * List of table tennis players * List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists Results of individual events The tables below are medalists of individual events (men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles and mixed). Men's singles Medal table Women's singles The champion of women's singles in 1937 was declared ... References Sportspeople from Dunajská Streda Slovak male table tennis players Table tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics 1968 births Living people World Table Tennis Championships medalists {{Slovakia-tabletennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gao Jun
Gao Jun (; born January 25, 1969) is a Chinese American table tennis player. Biography Gao Jun was born in Baoding, Hebei province of China. She now resides in Southern California. She is the owner of California Table Tennis club in Rosemead, CA. She won a silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the women's double event, with Chen Zihe for the Chinese National Team. She moved to the U.S. in 1994 and became a U.S. citizen. She competed for the United States in three consecutive Olympic Games from 2000 to 2008. In 2009, Gao was inducted into the USATT Hall of Fame. Gao is a nine-time U.S. women's champion. She also has won eleven U.S. national titles in women's doubles and eight titles in mixed doubles with various partners. She was ranked number 1 in the U.S. prior to the 2012 London Olympics but pulled out of the North American Olympic trials due to an injury. See also * List of table tennis players * List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists Results of indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deng Yaping
Deng Yaping (; born February 6, 1973) is a Chinese table tennis player, who won eighteen world championships including four Olympic championships between 1989 and 1997. She is regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport. Early life and education Deng was born in Zhengzhou, Henan, on February 6, 1973. Career Deng began playing table tennis at age of five, and four years later she won the provincial junior championship. She was age 13 when she won her first national championship. Despite her success, she was initially denied a spot on the national team because she was so short (she stood only 1.5 metres feet 11 inchestall). She was finally included on the national team in 1988. She teamed with Qiao Hong to win her first world championship title in the women's doubles competition in 1989. Two years later in 1991, Deng won her first singles world championship. At the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, she won a gold medal in both the sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Zihe
Chen Zihe (; born 29 February 1968) is a Chinese international table tennis player. Table tennis career She won a silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the women's double event with Gao Jun. She has won six World Championship medals including three gold medals; two in the team event and one in the doubles with Gao Jun. See also * List of table tennis players * List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists Results of individual events The tables below are medalists of individual events (men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles and mixed). Men's singles Medal table Women's singles The champion of women's singles in 1937 was declared ... References 1968 births Living people Chinese female table tennis players Table tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic table tennis players for China Olympic silver medalists for China Olympic medalists in table tennis Asian Games medalists in table tennis Table tennis players at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yu Sun-bok
Yu Sun-bok (Hangul: 유순복; born August 2, 1970) is a former table tennis player from North Korea who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as .... References External links * * 1970 births Living people North Korean female table tennis players Table tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic table tennis players for North Korea Olympic bronze medalists for North Korea Olympic medalists in table tennis Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in table tennis Table tennis players at the 1990 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for North Korea Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games 20th-century North Korean women {{NorthKorea-tabletennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ri Pun-hui
Li Bun-hui (; born December 29, 1968) is a former table tennis player from North Korea who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics. Table tennis career She won eight World Table Tennis Championship medals. She won a bronze medal at the 1983 World Table Tennis Championships in the Corbillon Cup (women's team event). Two years later she won a silver medal in the women's team and during the 1987 World Table Tennis Championships she won a bronze in the women's doubles with Cho Jung-hui. Her next medals came in the singles at the 1989 and 1991 and also in 1991 she won a mixed doubles bronze with Kim Song-hui and a gold medal in the team event with Hong Cha-ok, Hyun Jung-hwa and Yu Sun-bok in a unified Korean team. Her final medal was a silver in 1993 in the team event. Personal life She is married to Kim Song-hui, also a former table tennis player who represented North Korea, and has a son. Her name is also frequently written in English as Li Bun-hui. In popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyun Jung-hwa
Hyun Jung-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. Career 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. Her first gold medal came in the women's doubles (partnering Yang Young-Ja) at the 1987 World Table Tennis Championships in New Delhi. She followed it up by winning the mixed doubles title with Yoo Nam-Kyu at the 1989 World Table Tennis Championships in Dortmund. 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 Champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Cha-ok
Hong Cha-Ok (Hangul: 홍차옥, Hanja: 洪次玉) (born March 10, 1970 in Gunwi County, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea) is a former female table tennis player from South Korea who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics. She was a member of the Korea Unified team for the 1991 World Table Tennis Championships in Chiba City, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north .... References External linksHong Cha-ok at databaseOlympics.com 1970 births Living people South Korean female table tennis players Table tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic table tennis players for South Korea Olympic bronze medalists for South Korea Olympic medalists in table tennis Asian Games medalis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korean Unification Flag
The Korean Unification Flag is a flag designed to represent all of Korea when North and South Korea participate as one team in sporting events. History North and South Korea initially planned to compete as one team at the 1990 Asian Games, and conceived the Korean Unification Flag amid logistical difficulties with raising two flags at once. While the unified team effort was not realized, the flag was prominently displayed by an unofficial cheerleading group during the Games. The flag was first officially used in 1991 when the two countries competed together as a single team in the 41st World Table Tennis Championships in Chiba, Japan. Design The background is white. In the center is a sky blue silhouette of the Korean Peninsula, including Jeju Island to the southwest. The silhouette is a slightly smoothed version of the actual coastline and northern border; according to both Koreas, the shape of the peninsula is "symbolic" and several smaller islands such as Geojedo are vis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unification Flag Of Korea (pre 2006)
The Korean Unification Flag is a flag designed to represent all of Korea when North Korea, North and South Korea participate as Korea Team, one team in sporting events. History North and South Korea initially planned to compete as one team at the 1990 Asian Games, and conceived the Korean Unification Flag amid logistical difficulties with raising two flags at once. While the unified team effort was not realized, the flag was prominently displayed by an unofficial cheerleading group during the Games. The flag was first officially used in 1991 when the two countries competed together as a single team in the 1991 World Table Tennis Championships, 41st World Table Tennis Championships in Chiba, Chiba, Chiba, Japan. Design The background is white. In the center is a sky blue silhouette of the Korean Peninsula, including Jeju Island to the southwest. The silhouette is a slightly smoothed version of the actual coastline and China–North Korea border, northern border; according to bot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Team
File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Philippines, making it the second-largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century; MTS Oceanos sinks off the coast of South Africa, but the crew notoriously abandons the vessel before the passengers are rescued; Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The Soviet flag is lowered from the Kremlin for the last time and replaced with the flag of the Russian Federation; The United States and soon-to-be dissolved Soviet Union sign the START I Treaty; A tropical cyclone 1991 Bangladesh cyclone, strikes Bangladesh, killing nearly 140,000 people; Lauda Air Flight 004 crashes after one of its Thrust reversal, thrust reversers activates during the flight; A United States-led coalition initiates Operation Desert Storm to remove Iraq and Saddam Hussein from Kuwait, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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