Choi Kyung-Ja also Choi Kyong-ja is a former international

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player from

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Table tennis career

From 1957 to 1964 she won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the

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. She also won a

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in the Corbillon Cup (women's team event) at the

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with Cho Kyung-Cha, Hwang Yool-ja and Lee Chong-Hi.

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South Korean female table tennis players Year of birth missing (living people) Asian Games medalists in table tennis Table tennis players at the 1958 Asian Games Table tennis players at the 1962 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games Medalists at the 1962 Asian Games Possibly living people 20th-century South Korean women {{SouthKorea-tabletennis-bio-stub

Table tennis career

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