Choi Hwan-hwan

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Choi Hwan-hwan
Personal information
NationalityFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Born1951
Korean name
Hangul
최환환
Hanja
崔丸煥 [1]
Revised Romanization Choe Hwanhwan
McCune–Reischauer Ch'oe Hwanhwan
Medal record
Representing Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
World Table Tennis Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1969 Women's doubles

Choi Hwan-hwan is a female former international table tennis player from South Korea. [2]

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Early life

Choi's parents were both table tennis players. She attended Shinkwang Girls' High School  [ ko ] in Seoul. [3]

Table tennis career

She won a bronze medal at the 1969 World Table Tennis Championships in the women's doubles with Choi Jung-sook. [4] [5]

She played in the 1968 Asian Championships as a 17 year old. [6]

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References

  1. "崔今一·金仁洙組 崔丸煥·金升禮組 學生탁구豫選우승" [Choe Geum-il & Kim In-su, Choi Hwan-hwan & Kim Seung-rye victorious in table tennis preliminaries]. Kyunghyang Shinmun . 4 April 1967. p. 4. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  2. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  3. "卓球一家 世界頂上에 오른 崔丸煥양길러낸". The Dong-a Ilbo . 18 August 1967. p. 8. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  4. "Women's doubles results" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-12.
  5. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-03-07.
  6. "Chapter 28, 1967-68 European/Asian Play". USATT. Archived from the original on 2018-03-08. Retrieved 2018-03-07.