Kim Byoung-young (, born 9 March 1969) is a South Korean

para table tennis Para table tennis is a parasports which follows the rules set by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). The usual table tennis rules are in effect with slight modifications for wheelchair athletes. Athletes from disability groups can ...

coach and former player. He took a gold medal at three consecutive

Paralympic Games The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

, 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; ...

, 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.

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* * 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 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 2000 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Sportspeople from Ulsan People with paraplegia FESPIC Games competitors 21st-century South Korean people {{SouthKorea-tabletennis-bio-stub