Pak Sin-hyok

Pak Sin-hyok
Nation:	North Korea
Date of birth:	October 25, 1993
Place of birth:	Pyongyang
Size:	171 cm
Weight:	70 kg
Playing hand:	Left
How to play:	Shakehand , attack
Current world rankings :	87
Best world ranking :	66 (Sep + Nov 2017)

Korean spelling
Hangeul	박신혁
Hanja	朴 信 赫
See also : Korean name

Pak Sin-hyok (born October 25, 1993 in Pyongyang ) is a North Korean table tennis player .

Career

Pak had his first international appearance at the China Open 2012. He then took part in the 2013 World Cup, where he met Marcos Freitas in the second round .

However, the game was lost 3: 4 after a 3-0 lead. At the Asian Games in 2014, he reached the quarter-finals both individually and with the team. In 2015 he secured silver in singles and gold in doubles at the Pyongyang Open, and at the world championships he reached the quarterfinals in doubles and mixed.

Further appearances followed in 2016 at the 2016 World Team, where the North Korean team reached the round of 16. At the Pyongyang Open 2017 Pak won gold in singles and doubles. In 2018 he was able to take part in the World Cup again with the team, but the team failed without a win in the preliminary round.

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
PRK	Asian Championship	2017	Wuxi	CHN	last 128	last 32	last 32	7th place
PRK	Asian Championship	2015	Pattaya	THA	last 32	last 16	Quarter finals	9th place
PRK	Asian Games	2018	Jakarta	INA	last 16		last 16	Quarter finals
PRK	Asian Games	2014	Suwon	COR	Quarter finals			Quarter finals
PRK	Challenge Series	2018	Pyongyang	PRK	gold	Semifinals
PRK	Challenge Series	2017	Pyongyang	PRK	gold	gold
PRK	World Tour	2018	Daejeon	COR	Agony	Semifinals	Quarter finals
PRK	World Tour	2016	Pyongyang	PRK	last 16	Quarter finals
PRK	World Tour	2015	Cheng you	CHN	last 32	last 16
PRK	World Tour	2015	Pyongyang	PRK	silver	gold
PRK	World Tour	2013	Suzhou	CHN	Agony	Agony
PRK	World Tour	2012	Shanghai	CHN	last 64	Quarter finals
PRK	World Championship	2018	Halmstad	SWE				17th to 20th space
PRK	World Championship	2017	Dusseldorf	GER	last 64		last 16
PRK	World Championship	2016	Kuala Lumpur	MAS				9-12 space
PRK	World Championship	2015	Suzhou	CHN	last 128	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
PRK	World Championship	2013	Paris	FRA	last 64	last 32	last 32

Individual evidence

1. ^ WR Progress - Seniors. ittf.com, accessed January 19, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Brief portrait (accessed on January 19, 2019)
3. ↑ Sin Hyok Pak results, fixtures | FlashScore.com / Table tennis. Retrieved January 18, 2019 . 

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Pak is the family name here, Sin-hyok is the first name.