Yoo Jin-sun (born July 12, 1962 in Seocheon,

Chungcheongnam-do South Chungcheong Province ( ko, 충청남도, ''Chungcheongnam-do''), also known as Chungnam, is a province of South Korea. South Chungcheong has a population of 2,059,871 (2014) and has a geographic area of 8,204 km2 (3,168 sq mi) located in ...

) is a former

tennis player Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball cove ...

from

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ...

, who represented his native country as a qualifier at 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 ...

Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 of ...

. There he was defeated in the first round by the number twelve seed from

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

Amos Mansdorf Amos Mansdorf ( he, עמוס מנסדורף; born 20 October 1965) is an Israeli former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 18 (achieved in November 1987), the highest ever for any male Israeli tennis playe ...

. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on June 13, 1988, when he became the number 194 of the world.

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* 1962 births Living people South Korean male tennis players Tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players of South Korea Asian Games medalists in tennis Tennis players at the 1986 Asian Games Tennis players at the 1990 Asian Games Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea Sportspeople from South Chungcheong Province 20th-century South Korean people {{SouthKorea-tennis-bio-stub