Jeoung Young-sik (also Jeong or Jung, ko, 정영식, born 20 January 1992) is a South Korean

table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...

player. He debuted internationally in 2010 and won a silver and a bronze medal at the Asian Games. Between 2010 and 2018 he won six bronze medals at the world championships. He reached the world ranking #7 in February 2017. His father Jeoung Hae-chul was also a competitive table tennis player.

Career

2021

Jeoung completed his mandatory military service from mid-2019 to March of 2021. He will be representing South Korea at the Tokyo Olympics in the team event as well as the men's singles event. Jeoung upset Timo Boll in the round of 16 to reach the quarter-finals of the Tokyo Olympics, where he lost to Fan Zhendong. Following the Olympics, Jeoung withdrew from the Korean National Team for the remainder of 2021, including the World Championships in November. The stated reason was to allow more opportunities for his younger teammates.

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* * * 1992 births Living people Olympic table tennis players of South Korea South Korean male table tennis players Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2010 Asian Games Table tennis players at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in table tennis Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Universiade medalists in table tennis World Table Tennis Championships medalists South Korean expatriate sportspeople in China Universiade bronze medalists for South Korea Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics {{SouthKorea-tabletennis-bio-stub