Lee Jin-kwon (table tennis player)

Lee Jin-kwon
Other spellings:	이진권
Nation:	South Korea
Date of birth:	3rd November 1987
Place of birth:	Seoul
Size:	177 cm
Weight:	73 kg
Playing hand:	right
How to play:	Shakehand (attack)
Best world ranking :	24 (March 2010)

Lee Jin-kwon , best known under the English transcription Lee Jinkwon , ( Korean 이진권; born November 3, 1987 in Seoul ) is a former South Korean table tennis player . In 2008 he was runner-up with the team. The Korean is right-handed and uses the European shakehand stick position as a handle .

Career

Even in his youth, Lee was one of the most successful players. He represented his country three times at youth world championships, winning bronze in doubles in 2004 and 2005 (with Han Ji.min) and a silver medal with the team.

In 2007 he was able to qualify for the Grand Finals through good performances on the Pro Tour, where Lee and Ryu Seung-min could reach the quarter-finals in doubles. In 2008 he won the silver medal at the World Cup with the team after a final defeat against China . From 2009 he appeared less frequently internationally.

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
COR	World Championship	2009	Yokohama	JPN	last 128	last 32	last 16
COR	World Championship	2008	Guangzhou	CHN				2
COR	World Championship	2005	Shanghai	CHN	last 64	last 32	last 32
COR	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2007	Beijing	CHN		Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2007	Kuwait City	KUW		gold
COR	Pro tour	2006	Taipei	TPE		gold
COR	Youth World Championship	2005	Linz	AUT	last 16	Semifinals	last 16	5
COR	Youth World Championship	2004	Kobe	JPN	last 16	Semifinals	Quarter finals	2
COR	Youth World Championship	2003	Santiago de Chile	CHI	last 16	last 32	last 16	3

Web links

• Lee Jin-kwon on the website of (tt-infos.de) (accessed February 18, 2020)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Lee Jin Kwon. Retrieved February 18, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Lee Jinkwon: video, ranking. Retrieved February 18, 2020 . 

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, Jin-kwon is the first name.