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| Full name | Kim Wan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 March 1961 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kim Wan (born 27 March 1961) is a former table tennis player from South Korea. From 1984 to 1988, he won several medals in double events in the Asian Table Tennis Championships. He also won a silver and a bronze medal in the Table Tennis World Cup in 1984 and 1986, respectively. [1] He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics. [2]
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