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Full name
  
Ryu Seung-Min

Height
  
1.78 m

Nationality
  
South Korea

Weight
  
70 kg

Name
  
Ryu Seung-min

Highest ranking
  
2

Role
  
Table Tennis Player


Ryu Seung-min ryuwtttc2012jpg

Born
  
August 5, 1982 (age 41) Seoul, South Korea (
1982-08-05
)

Playing style
  
Right-handed, Japanese Penhold

Olympic medals
  
Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's team

Similar People
  
Wang Hao, Oh Sang‑eun, Joo Sae‑hyuk, Ma Long, Timo Boll

Ryu Seung Min - The Best Footwork Of All Time (Traditional Penhold King)


Ryu Seung-min ([ju.sɯŋ.min]; born August 5, 1982 in Seoul, South Korea) is a Korean table tennis player who won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the men's singles competition. His opponent was Wang Hao, a top-seeded player from Chinese national team. Along the way, he defeated 1992 Olympic champion Jan-Ove Waldner with 4-1. At the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics he was part of the South Korean team that won the bronze and silver medals respectively. Ryu is ranked twenty-fifth in the world as of July 2013.

Contents

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Style

Ryu Seung-min Seung Min Ryu Pictures Olympics Day 12 Table Tennis

Ryu Seung-min plays penhold style. Unlike players like Ma Lin and Wang Hao, Ryu never uses the backside of his blade – in fact, he does not even have rubber on it. Ryu relies on his outstanding footwork, explosive forehand loops and drives to win points. For some time he used Xiom (South Korea) table paddles and rubbers playing with his signature model "Ryu Seung Min Special" penhold and has been using ProZRSM ever since his victory at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Lately he switched again to Butterfly (Japan) equipment and now he uses their Ryu Seung-min G-Max blade with Tenergy 05

Ryu Seung-min Seung Min Ryu Pictures Olympics Day 12 Table Tennis

As of December 1, 2012 he is ranked 20th in the world. His top ranking was world number 2 in September 2004, and since November 2001 he was always in top 25 of the ITTF world ranking list.

Career records

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Singles (as of April 9, 2015)

  • Olympics: Gold medal (2004).
  • World Championships: SF (2007).
  • World Cup appearances: 5. Record: runner-up (2007).
  • Pro Tour winner (3): Egypt, USA Open 2004; Chile Open 2008.
    Runner-up (4): Swedish Open 2001; Brazil Open 2002; Japan Open 2005; Slovenian Open 2007; Kuwait Open 2012.
  • Pro Tour Grand Finals appearances: 9. Record: SF (2003, 05, 10).
  • Asian Games: SF (2006).
  • Asian Championships: SF (2003).

    • Men's Doubles

  • Olympics: 4th (2000).
  • World Championships: QF (2001, 05, 09).
  • Pro Tour winner (8): China (Qingdao) Open 2002; Croatian, Egypt, USA Open 2004; Korea Open 2005; Chinese Taipei Open 2006; Kuwait Open 2007; Brazil Open 2012.
    Runner-up (4): China (Changchun) Open 2000; Korea Open 2010; Austrian Open 2010; Japan Open 2012.
  • Pro Tour Grand Finals appearances: 4. Record: SF (2012).
  • Asian Games: winner (2002).
  • Asian Championships: SF (2005).

    • Mixed Doubles

  • World Championships: QF (2003).
  • Asian Games: runner-up (2002).

    • Team

  • Olympics: 3rd (2008), 2nd (2012).
  • World Championships: 2nd (2006, 08); 3rd (2001, 04, 10, 12).
  • World Team Cup: 2nd (2009); 3rd (2007).
  • Asian Games: 2nd (2002, 06).
  • Asian Championships: 2nd (2005).

    • References

    Ryu Seung-min Wikipedia
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