Jung Young-a (, born 20 July 1979) is a South Korean para table tennis player. She won a bronze medal at the

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and two bronze medals at the

2016 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 159 , athletes = 4,342 , opening = 7 September , closing = 18 September , opened_by = President Michel Temer , cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva , events = 528 in 22 sports , stadium = Maracanã , sum ...

. Her disability was caused by a fall during a mountain-climbing trip with friends in 2002. She also competed in

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, and represented South Korea at the

2011 World Wheelchair Curling Championship The 2011 World Wheelchair Curling Championship was held in Prague, Czech Republic from February 22 - March 1, 2011. Ten mixed gender teams competed for four playoff spots. In the final, Canada's Jim Armstrong defeated Scotland's Aileen Neilson ...

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* * Living people 1979 births Sportspeople from Seoul South Korean female table tennis players Paralympic medalists in table tennis Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Paralympic table tennis players for South Korea Paralympic bronze medalists for South Korea People with paraplegia South Korean female curlers South Korean wheelchair curlers Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics 21st-century South Korean women Medalists at the 2010 Asian Para Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Para Games {{SouthKorea-curling-bio-stub