Sport Table tennis Weight 59 kg Height 1.66 m | Role Olympic athlete Name Yang Young-ja | |
 | ||
Born July 6, 1964 (age 59) ( 1964-07-06 ) Iksan, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea | ||
Yang Young-Ja (Hangul: 양영자, Hanja: 梁英子; born July 6, 1964) is a retired female table tennis player from South Korea who won gold medals in women's doubles at the 1987 ITTF World Championships and the 1988 Summer Olympics, together with Hyun Jung-Hwa. She is also a two-time women's singles world champion runner-up in 1983 and 1987.
She retired right after the 1988 Summer Olympics, and currently resides in Seoul working as a table tennis coach responsible for the junior team of South Korea.
References
Yang Young-ja Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA