Jang Woo-jin

Jang Woo-jin
Nation:	South Korea
Size:	171 cm
Weight:	69 kg
Playing hand:	right
How to play:	Shakehand , attack
Current world rankings :	15 (Dec. 2018)
Best world ranking :	15 (Dec. 2018)

Jang Woo-jin (also Jang Woojin ; born September 10, 1995 in Incheon ) is a South Korean table tennis player . With the team he won bronze at the World Championships in both 2016 and 2018 . He is right-handed and uses the European shakehand style .

Career

In 2013 the South Korean appeared internationally for the first time, at the youth world championships he was crowned world champion at the age of 18.

Further appearances followed in 2014, including at the Japan Open, where he took part in the U-21 competition and won silver after losing to Hugo Calderano in the final . In addition, he was allowed to start at the World Tour Grand Finals in the U-21 competition, but failed after a 1-4 final defeat to Asuka Machi .

In 2015 he also played with the adults, including the Korea Open, where he met fellow countryman Jung Young-sik in the semifinals . Here he lost 1-4, but could at least win bronze.

At the Japan Open he had to admit defeat in the qualification, but this time he won gold at the China Open, again in the U-21 competition. Due to strong performances, he was also able to take part in the World Tour Grand Finals, but lost in the round of 16 against the Chinese Xu Xin .

The year 2016 was quite successful for the South Korean, at the Belarus Open he secured gold after a 4-3 win against the Russian Grigory Vlasov . He also won bronze with the team at the World Cup . At the Korea Open he had to admit defeat in the third round against the later runner-up Ma Long .

In 2017 he failed both at the Asian Championships and at the Swedish Open in the third round. At the World Cup in Düsseldorf he was able to reach the round of 16, his best placement so far.

Here he met Timo Boll and lost 1-4. In 2018 he beat the top 10 player Jun Mizutani at the Korea Open and was able to move into the final. In the end he won silver. At the Polish Open he had to admit defeat to his teammate Lim Jonghoon . With the team, he finished third in the 2018 World Cup . After reaching the World Cup quarter-finals in 2019 , in which he narrowly defeated his teammate An Jaehyun 3: 4 and missed a medal, he became the best-placed South Korean player for the first time.

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team	U-21
COR	Asian Cup	2019	Yokohama	JPN	Agony
COR	Asian Games	2018	Jakarta	IDN				2
COR	Asian Championship	2019	Yogyakarta	IDN	last 16	Quarter finals		2
COR	Asian Championship	2017	Wuxi	CHN	last 16	last 16		2
COR	Asian Championship	2015	Pattaya	THA	Quarter finals	last 32	last 32	3
COR	Youth Asian Championship	2013	Doha	QAT	last 16	silver		2
COR	Youth Asian Championship	2012		CHN	Agony	Quarter finals		3
COR	Youth Asian Championship	2010	Bangkok	THA	gold			3
COR	ITTF Challenge Series	2018	Spała	POLE	silver	Quarter finals
COR	ITTF World Tour	2020	Magdeburg	GER	last 32	gold	last 16
COR	ITTF World Tour	2019	Busan	COR	last 16	Semifinals
COR	ITTF World Tour	2019	Hong Kong	HKG	last 16	silver
COR	ITTF World Tour	2019	Shenzhen	CHN	last 32	Semifinals
COR	ITTF World Tour	2018	Linz	AUT	last 16		Semifinals
COR	ITTF World Tour	2018	Geelong	OUT	Agony	Semifinals
COR	ITTF World Tour	2018	Daejeon	COR	gold	gold	gold
COR	ITTF World Tour	2018	Shenzhen	CHN	last 16	Semifinals
COR	ITTF World Tour	2017	Stockholm	SWE	last 32	Semifinals
COR	ITTF World Tour	2017	Gold coast	OUT	last 32	gold
COR	ITTF World Tour	2017	Incheon	COR	last 32	gold
COR	ITTF World Tour	2016	Cheng you	CHN	last 16
COR	ITTF World Tour	2016	Minsk	BLR	gold	gold
COR	ITTF World Tour	2016	Olomouc	CZE	last 32	Semifinals
COR	ITTF World Tour	2016	Incheon	COR	last 32	Semifinals
COR	ITTF World Tour	2016	Zagreb	CRO	last 32	Semifinals
COR	ITTF World Tour	2015	catfish	AUT	Semifinals	gold			last 16
COR	ITTF World Tour	2015	Cheng you	CHN	Agony				gold
COR	ITTF World Tour	2015	Incheon	COR	Semifinals	Quarter finals			Semifinals
COR	ITTF World Tour	2015	Gold coast	OUT	Quarter finals	Semifinals			gold
COR	ITTF World Tour	2015	Almeria	ESP	last 64	last 16			Semifinals
COR	ITTF World Tour	2014	Yokohama	JPN	last 32	Agony			silver
COR	ITTF World Tour	2014	Stockholm	SWE	last 32	Agony			Quarter finals
COR	ITTF World Tour	2014	Incheon	COR	last 32				gold
COR	World Tour Grand Finals	2018	Incheon	COR	Quarter finals	gold
COR	World Tour Grand Finals	2015	Lisbon	POR	last 16				Agony
COR	World Tour Grand Finals	2014	Bangkok	THA					silver
COR	Universiade	2017	Taipei	TPE	Quarter finals	silver	gold	3
COR	World Championship	2019	Budapest	HUN	Quarter finals	last 16	last 16
COR	World Championship	2018	Halmstad	SWE				3
COR	World Championship	2017	Dusseldorf	GER	last 32	last 64	last 16
COR	World Championship	2016	Kuala Lumpur	MAS				3
COR	Youth World Championship	2013	Rabat	MAR	gold	silver	last 32	Quarter finals
COR	Youth World Championship	2012	Hyderabad	IND	last 32	Quarter finals	last 16	3
COR	World Team Cup	2019	Tokyo	JPN				2

Play style

Jang Woo-jin is known for his offensive forehand game, with which he quickly scores points. He's an attacker.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ tabletennis.guide: Table tennis: video, photos, rankings, analytics. Retrieved November 4, 2018 . 
2. ^ ITTF Results Ranking and Statistics. Retrieved November 4, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Table tennis team World Cup 2016, semi-finals - results and Table. Retrieved on November 4, 2018 (German). 
4. ↑ German Table Tennis Association: Timo Boll after his victory over Jang Woojin at the LIEBHERR WM 2017. June 2, 2017, accessed on November 4, 2018 . 
5. ^ ITTF Results Ranking and Statistics. Retrieved November 4, 2018 . 

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Jang is the family name here, Woo-jin is the first name.