Insook Bhushan | |
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Full name | Insook Bhushan |
Nationality | United States |
Born | Seoul, South Korea | February 17, 1952
Table tennis career | |
Playing style | Shakehand, defensive |
Medal record |
Insook Na Bhushan | |
Hangul | 나인숙 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Na In-suk |
McCune–Reischauer | Na In-suk |
Insook Bhushan (born Na In-Sook;February 17,1952) is a South Korea-born American table tennis player. She was a member of the South Korean women's team that won the bronze medal at the 1971 World Championships. At the 1973 World Championships,she was limited to the role of "non-playing captain" of the gold medal-winning South Korean women's team. In 1974,she emigrated to the United States,where her father had established an import-export business. [1] The following year,she married the architect Shekhar Bhushan and in 1980 became a US citizen. [2]
Between 1976 and 1991,Bhushan dominated the US National Championships,winning the title in women's singles 11 times,women's doubles 11 times,and mixed doubles 8 times. [3] In 1977,she won the women's singles title at the US Open. [4]
Bhushan returned to her birthplace for the 1988 Olympics,where she competed in women's singles and women's doubles. [5] She also competed in women's singles at the 1992 Olympics and represented the United States in 6 World Championships. She participated in 3 Pan American Games,winning 8 gold medals (including 3 consecutive gold medals in women's singles) and 1 silver medal.
Bhushan retired from competition after the 1992 Olympics and was inducted into the USATT Hall of Fame in 1993. [6]
Bhushan has a degree in accounting from the University of Colorado Denver [7] and works as an accountant in the Colorado Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. [8] She has two sons,Austin (born in 1980) and Kevin (born in 1985).
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