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| Full name | Yoo Nam-kyu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 June 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 유남규 |
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| Hanja | 劉南奎 |
| Revised Romanization | Yu Namgyu |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yu Namgyu |
Yoo Nam-kyu (born June 4,1968) is a former table tennis player from South Korea who competed in the 1988,the 1992 and in the 1996 Summer Olympics. [1]
In 1988 he won the gold medal in the men's singles and the bronze medal in the men's doubles together with Ahn Jae-hyung. Four years later he won the bronze medal in the men's doubles together with Kim Taek-soo. In Atlanta 1996 he won again the bronze medal in the men's doubles this time together with Lee Chul-seung.
He won six World Championship medals [2] [3] including a gold medal in the mixed doubles with Hyun Jung-hwa at the 1989 World Table Tennis Championships. [4]
In the 1985/1986 [5] season he played in the Swedish first league for Ängby SK. In 1986 he won the Asian Games both in singles and in team.
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