Lee Chul-seung

Korean spelling
Hangeul	이철승
Hanja	李哲承
Revised Romanization	I Cheol-seung
McCune- Reischauer	I Ch'ŏlssŭng
See also : Korean name

Lee Chul-seung (born June 29, 1972 in Gimcheon , South Korea ) is a former South Korean table tennis player who won several medals in the 1990s and early 2000s, mainly in doubles and team competitions at continental and world championships as well as at the Olympic Games.

Career

In 1992, Lee Chul-seung , who played in penholder style, was Asian champion in doubles with Kang Hee-chan and second in mixed with Ryu Ji-hae . This mixed pair also reached the final in 1998, in doubles he made it to the semi-finals, with the South Korean team he won silver. At the Asian ranking tournament Asia-Top8 he finished second behind the Chinese Wang Tao in 1993 .

From 1991 to 2003 Lee Chul-Seung took part in eight world championships . Here he was with the South Korean team in 1995 , 1997 and 2001 third. In 1995 he also reached the semi-finals with mixed with Ryu Ji-hae .

His most significant successes are the two bronze medals at the Olympic Games in doubles, in 1992 with Kang Hee-chan and 1996 with Yoo Nam-kyu . In the ITTF world rankings he finished 27th at the end of 2001.

In 2003, Lee Chul-Seung was signed by the German Bundesliga club TTC metabo Frickenhausen for one season, which he left in 2004 as agreed.

Private

Lee Chul-Seung is married.

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
COR	Asian Championship ATTU	2003	Bangkok	THA	last 16	Quarter finals
COR	Asian Championship ATTU	2000	Doha	QAT	last 16	Quarter finals	Semifinals
COR	Asian Championship ATTU	1998	Osaka	JPN	last 16	Semifinals	silver	2
COR	Asian Championship ATTU	1992	New Delhi	IND		gold	silver
COR	Asian Cup	1991	Dhaka	BAN	2
COR	Asian Cup	1991	Dhaka	BAN	Semifinals
COR	Asian Games	2002	Busan	COR		gold		2
COR	Asian Games	1998	Bangkok	THA		silver	Quarter finals	2
COR	Asian Games	1994	Hiroshima	JPN		gold	Quarter finals	2
COR	ASIA TOP8	1993	Huangshi City	CHN	2
COR	Olympic games	2004	Athens	GRE		Quarter finals
COR	Olympic games	2000	Sydney	OUT	last 32	4th
COR	Olympic games	1996	Atlanta	United States	immediately excluded	bronze
COR	Olympic games	1992	Barcelona	ESP	no participants	bronze
COR	Pro tour	2005	Fort Lauderdale	United States	last 32	silver
COR	Pro tour	2005	Santiago	CHI	last 32	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2005	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	last 16	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2005	Taipei	TPE	last 32	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2005	Zagreb	HRV		last 16
COR	Pro tour	2004	Chicago	United States	last 64	gold
COR	Pro tour	2004	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	last 32	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2004	Singapore	SIN		last 16
COR	Pro tour	2004	Pyeongchang	COR	last 32	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2004	Cairo	EGY	Semifinals	gold
COR	Pro tour	2004	Athens	GRE	last 32	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2004	Croatia	HRV	last 64	gold
COR	Pro tour	2003	Malmo	SWE	last 32	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2003	Aarhus	THE	last 64	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2003	Bremen	GER	last 64	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2003	Croatia	HRV	last 64	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2002	Farum	THE	last 32	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2002	Gangneung City	COR	last 16	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2002	São Paulo	BRA	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2002	Fort Lauderdale	United States	last 16	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2002	Qingdao City	CHN	last 16	gold
COR	Pro tour	2002	Doha	QAT	last 32	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2001	Farum	THE	Semifinals	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2001	Skovde	SWE	Rd 1	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2001	Rotterdam	NED	last 64	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2001	Bayreuth	GER	last 64	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2001	Seoul	COR	silver	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2001	Fort Lauderdale	United States	last 16	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2000	Umeå	SWE	last 32	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2000	Warsaw	POLE	Rd 1	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2000	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	last 32	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2000	Fort Lauderdale	United States	last 32	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2000	Kobe City	JPN	last 16	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2000	Chang Chun City	CHN	last 32	silver
COR	Pro tour	1999	Karlskrona	SWE	last 32	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	1999	Lievin	FRA	Rd 1	last 16
COR	Pro tour	1999	Kobe City	JPN	Rd 1	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	1999	Guilin	CHN	silver	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	1999	Zagreb	HRV	last 32	last 16
COR	Pro tour	1999	Hopton-on-Sea	CLOSELY	Rd 1	last 16
COR	Pro tour	1998	Ji 'Nan City	CHN	Rd 1	last 16
COR	Pro tour	1998	Wakayama	JPN	last 32	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	1997	Squid	SWE	last 32	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	1997	Linz	AUT	last 64	last 16
COR	Pro tour	1997	Zhuhai	CHN	Rd 1	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	1997	Chiba	JPN	last 32	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	1997	Ipoh	MAS	last 16	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	1997	Fort Lauderdale	United States	last 32	gold
COR	Pro tour	1997	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	last 32	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	1996	Kitaku-Shu	JPN	Quarter finals	Semifinals
COR	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2002	Stockholm	SWE		Quarter finals
COR	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2000	Kobe City	JPN		Quarter finals
COR	World Championship	2003	Paris	FRA	last 64	last 16
COR	World Championship	2001	Osaka	JPN	last 32	Quarter finals	last 16	3-4
COR	World Championship	2000	Kuala Lumpur	MAS				5-8
COR	World Championship	1999	Eindhoven	NED	last 64	last 32	last 16
COR	World Championship	1997	Manchester	CLOSELY	last 128	last 64	Quarter finals	3
COR	World Championship	1995	Tianjin	CHN	last 128	last 64	Semifinals	3
COR	World Championship	1993	Gothenburg	SWE	last 64	Quarter finals	last 32	5
KOU	World Championship	1991	Chiba City	JPN	Quarter finals	last 16	last 128
COR	World Doubles Cup	1992	Las Vegas	United States		Semifinals
COR	WTC World Team Cup	1995	Atlanta	United States				1
COR	WTC World Team Cup	1991	Barcelona	ESP				5

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ITTF world rankings since 2001 (accessed on August 31, 2011)
2. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Korean Lee Chul Seung to Frickenhausen , DTTB report from March 25, 2003 (accessed August 31, 2011) 
3. ↑ Basic information for the 2004/05 season , archive of the TTV Gönnern ( Memento of the original from March 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on August 31, 2011) 
4. ↑ ITTF statistics (accessed on September 11, 2011)

Web links

• Biography on ITTF (accessed August 31, 2011)
• Biography on olympics database (accessed August 31, 2011)

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Lee is the family name here, Chul-seung is the first name.