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South Korea At The 2004 Summer Paralympics
South Korea competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 82 athletes, 72 men and 10 women. Competitors from Korea won 28 medals, including 11 gold, 11 silver and 6 bronze to finish 16th in the medal table. Medallists Sports Archery Men , - , align=left, An Tae Sung , align=left rowspan=3, Men's individual standing , 603 , 10 , Bye , W 152-143 , W 102-76 , L 92-104 , W 108-99 , , - , align=left, Cho Hyu Kwan , 609 , 5 , Bye , L 142-144 , colspan=4, Did not advance , - , align=left, Lee Hak Young , 638 WR , 1 , Bye , L 154-155 , colspan=4, Did not advance , - , align=left, Jung Young Joo , align=left rowspan=3, Men's individual W2 , 619 , 5 , W 159-137 , W 161-149 , W 92-87 , W 109-95 , L 95-108 , , - , align=left, Lee Hong Gu , 628 , 1 , Bye , W 162-152 , W 97-92 , L 95-109 , W 104-96 , , - , align=left, Lee Ouk Soo , 617 , 7 , W 157-146 , W 146-141 , L 91-94 , colspan=3, Did not advance , - , align=left, Jung Young Joo Lee Hak Young Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korean Paralympic Committee
Korean Paralympic Committee (KPC) () is a National Paralympic Committee (NPC) of South Korea. The committee was established on May 12, 2006, and is recognized by International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and Asian Paralympic Committee (APC). See also * Korean Sport & Olympic Committee * Disabled sports * South Korea at the Paralympics * South Korea women's national goalball team References 2006 establishments in South Korea Sports organizations established in 2006 National Paralympic Committees Para Para, or PARA, may refer to: Businesses and organizations * Paramount Global, traded as PARA on the Nasdaq stock exchange * Para Group, the former name of CT Corp * Para Rubber, now Skellerup, a New Zealand manufacturer * Para USA, formerly ... Disability organizations based in South Korea Parasports in South Korea Goalball in South Korea {{Paralympics-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myung Sook Her
Myung, also spelled Myeong, Myong, or Myoung, is a Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in some two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. Family name The surname Myeong is derived from the Chinese surname Ming, written with the hanja , meaning "bright" or "brilliance". The 2000 South Korean census estimated that 26,746 people had this family name. In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that 62.1% of people with this surname spelled it in Latin letters as Myung in their passports. The Revised Romanisation spelling Myeong was in second place at 18.9%, while another 16.2% used the spelling Myoung. Rarer alternative spellings (the remaining 2.8%) included Myeoung. People with this family name include: * Myoung Bok-hee (born 1979), South Korean team handball player *Myung Hyung-seo (born 2001), South Korean sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Park Jun-young (table Tennis)
Park Junyoung (born 12 March 1982) is a South Korean singer from Busan who debuted in Japan in March 2012 with the single . Career Park was a member of two different K-pop bands in South Korea, but they both disbanded. He was subsequently spotted by Japanese ''enka'' singer while performing as an independent musician in western Japan. His Japanese debut single, , was released on 7 March 2012 on the King Records label, and reached number 109 on the Oricon music chart. Park's second Japanese single, , was released on 13 March 2013, and reached number 44 on the Oricon music chart. On the same day, Park embarked on a tour of all 47 prefectures of Japan to promote the single. Discography Singles * , (7 March 2012) * , (13 March 2013) See also * List of K-pop artists The following is a list of notable individual K-pop artists., backed bSeoul Metropolitan Government Male A * Ahn Jae-hyo * Ajoo *Alex Chu * Alexander Lee *Allen Kim * Andrew Choi * Andy Lee *Aron B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tae Hyung Um
Tae may refer to: * Tae' language, Austronesian language spoken in Sulawesi, Indonesia *Tae (Korean name) *Tae, Uthumphon Phisai, ''tambon'' (local government unit) of Uthumphon Phisai District, northeastern Thailand *Tae (rugby union), player on Japan's Panasonic Wild Knights TAE may refer to: * TAE, the abbreviation for Τεχνικαί Αεροπορικαί Εκμεταλλεύσεις, a Greek airline that operated from 1935 to 1951 known in English as Technical and Aeronautical Holdings * TAE (actor), Thai actor in the Chinese-language entertainment industry * TAE buffer solution used in chemistry * TAE connector for German telephone equipment * TAE – Trabajos Aéreos y Enlaces, Spanish airline that operated from 1967 to 1981 * Technicien aéronautique d'exploitation * Transportable Applications Environment * TAE Technologies - formerly Tri Alpha Energy, an American company developing fusion power * IATA code for Daegu International Airport, South Korea * ISO 639-3 cod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyoung Sik Choi
Choi Kyoung-sik (, born 24 September 1966) is a South Korean para table tennis coach and former player. He has won five medals in three Paralympic Games (2000, 2004, and 2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...). He has been coaching the national team since his retirement. References 1966 births Living people Table tennis players at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Table tennis players at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics South Korean male table tennis players Paralympic gold medalists for South Korea Paralympic silver medalists for South Korea Paralympic bronze medalists for South Kore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jae Kwan Cho
Cho Jae-kwan (, born 5 October 1977) is a South Korean para table tennis player. He won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, and a silver and a bronze at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. He sustained a spinal injury A spinal cord injury (SCI) is damage to the spinal cord that causes temporary or permanent changes in its function. Symptoms may include loss of muscle function, sensation, or autonomic function in the parts of the body served by the spinal cor ... in a swimming pool accident in 1993, when he was a high school student. He began playing table tennis in 1997. References 1977 births Living people Table tennis players at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics South Korean male table tennis players Paralympic bronze medalists for South Korea Paralympic silver medalists for Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hae Gon Lee
Lee Hae-gon (, born 8 October 1953) is a South Korean retired para table tennis player. He has medalled at every Paralympic Games from 1988 to 2008, for a total of seven gold, one silver, and four bronze medals. Lee, the seventh of eight children in a poor family, enlisted in the Republic of Korea Marine Corps in 1971. The Marine Corps had created a special force to infiltrate North Korea following the Blue House raid, and Lee and other recruits underwent harsh training in Manisan. During one night training session in July 1973, he fell off a cliff and sustained a spinal cord injury A spinal cord injury (SCI) is damage to the spinal cord that causes temporary or permanent changes in its function. Symptoms may include loss of muscle function, sensation, or autonomic function in the parts of the body served by the spinal cor .... He spent six years in bed, before a missionary persuaded him to try table tennis for rehabilitation. References 1953 births Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyung Mook Kim
Kim Kyung-mook (, born 19 February 1965) is a South Korean para table tennis player. He has medalled at every Paralympic Games from 1992 to 2016, for a total of four gold, three silver, and six bronze medals. While climbing in 1985, he incurred a spinal injury A spinal cord injury (SCI) is damage to the spinal cord that causes temporary or permanent changes in its function. Symptoms may include loss of muscle function, sensation, or autonomic function in the parts of the body served by the spinal cor .... He began playing table tennis in 1988. References External links * * 1965 births Living people Table tennis players at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Table tennis players at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Table tennis players at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Table tennis players at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gong Yong Kim
A gongFrom Indonesian and ms, gong; jv, ꦒꦺꦴꦁ ; zh, c=鑼, p=luó; ja, , dora; km, គង ; th, ฆ้อง ; vi, cồng chiêng; as, কাঁহ is a percussion instrument originating in East Asia and Southeast Asia. Gongs are a flat, circular metal disc that is typically struck with a mallet. They can be small or large in size, and tuned or can require tuning. The earliest mention of gongs can be found in sixth century Chinese records, which mentioned the instrument to have come from a country between Tibet and Burma. The term ''gong'' ( jv, ꦒꦺꦴꦁ) originated in the Indonesian island of Java. Scientific and archaeological research has established that Burma, China, Java and Annam were the four main gong manufacturing centres of the ancient world. The gong found its way into the Western World in the 18th century, when it was also used in the percussion section of a Western-style symphony orchestra. A form of bronze cauldron gong known as a resting b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seong Hoon Kang
Seong, also spelled Song or Sung, is an uncommon Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean given name, as well as a common element in two-syllable Korean given names. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. Family name The family name Seong is written with only one hanja, meaning "succeed" or "accomplish" (). The 2000 South Korean Census found 167,903 people with this family name, up by six percent from 158,385 in the 1985 census. This increase was far smaller than the fifteen percent growth in the overall South Korean population over the same period. They traced their origins to only a single ''bon-gwan'', Changnyeong County. This was also the place where they formed the highest concentration of the local population, with 2,360 people (3.61%). In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that 67.4% of people with this surname spelled it in Latin letters as Sung in their p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byoung Young Kim
Kim Byoung-young (, born 9 March 1969) is a South Korean para table tennis coach and former player. He took a gold medal at three consecutive Paralympic Games: 2000, 2004, and 2008, in addition to a silver medal in 2004. He became disabled in a car accident in 1989, during his compulsory military service Conscription (also called the draft in the United States) is the state-mandated enlistment of people in a national service, mainly a military service. Conscription dates back to antiquity and it continues in some countries to the present day un .... He began playing table tennis in 1992. He has been coaching since his retirement. References External links * * 1969 births Living people South Korean male table tennis players Paralympic silver medalists for South Korea Paralympic gold medalists for South Korea Paralympic table tennis players for South Korea Paralympic medalists in table tennis Table tennis players at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Table tennis pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
