Yang Young-Ja (; born July 6, 1964) is a retired female table tennis player from South Korea.

Table tennis career

She won gold medals in women's doubles at the 1987 ITTF World Championships and the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

, together with Hyun Jung-Hwa. She is also a two-time women's singles world champion runner-up in 1983 and 1987.Table Tennis at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's Doubles
sports-reference.com She retired right after the

, and currently resides in Seoul working as a table tennis coach responsible for the junior team of South Korea.

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1964 births Living people South Korean female table tennis players Table tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic table tennis players of South Korea Olympic gold medalists for South Korea Olympic medalists in table tennis Asian Games medalists in table tennis Table tennis players at the 1982 Asian Games Table tennis players at the 1986 Asian Games Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games People from Iksan Sportspeople from North Jeolla Province 20th-century South Korean women {{SouthKorea-tabletennis-bio-stub

Table tennis career

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