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| Full name | YOON Ki Sook | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Yoon Ki-sook | |
| Hangul | 윤기숙 |
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| Hanja | 尹基淑 |
| Revised Romanization | Yun Gisuk |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yun Kisuk |
Yoon Ki-Sook is a former female table tennis player from South Korea. In 1967 she won two medals in single and team events in the Asian Table Tennis Championships. [1]
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