Insook Bhushan

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Insook Bhushan - maiden name Na In-Sook - (born February 17, 1952 in Seoul ) is an American table tennis player of South Korean origin. She performed internationally between 1971 and 1992. She participated in eight world championships and two Olympic Games .

Career

She was born in 1952 in Seoul under the maiden name Na In-Sook . She started playing table tennis at the age of 12. In 1971 she took part in a world championship for the first time , winning bronze with the South Korean women's team. Two years later she was nominated again for the World Cup , but not as an active player, but as a non-playing captain . She found this to be a great disappointment.

In 1974 she left South Korea and moved to the USA. From then on it started under the American flag. In November 1975 she married Shekhar Bhushan, an Indian who studied architecture in Ohio. From 1977 to 1991 she won the US national championships eleven times in singles and doubles and eight times in mixed. At the international American championships in 1977 she won the individual title. In 1983, 1987 and 1991 she took part in the PAN-American Games . Here she was always in all ten competitions in which she took part, with the exception of the doubles competition in 1991, where she failed in the final against the Chinese Li Ai / Lily Yip .

From 1977 to 1991 she represented the USA at six world championships, but never came close to medal ranks. In 1988 and 1992 she qualified for participation in the Olympic Games. Here she was eliminated in the first round.

In 1992 she ended her international career as a competitive athlete. A year later she was inducted into the Hall of Fame by the American Table Tennis Association.

Private

Insook Bhushan has two sons.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Skip Myslenski, Chicago Tribune: Journey To Seoul Has Special Meaning For This Athlete Article dated June 13, 1988 Online (accessed August 6, 2017)
  2. ↑ US National Champions (accessed August 6, 2017)
  3. ↑ US Open Champions (accessed August 6, 2017)
  4. ↑ Tim Boggan: Hall of Fame Inductees (accessed August 6, 2017)

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personal data
SURNAME Insook Bhushan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Na In-Sook (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South Korean and American table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH 17th February 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Seoul