Park Hae-jung

Park Hae-jung (born July 29, 1972 in Iksan , South Korea ) is a South Korean table tennis player who won a silver medal at world championships and bronze at the Olympic Games in the 1990s.

Career

Park Hae-jung's first international success was winning the Asian Youth Championship in mixed with Hyun Jung-sik in 1989. From 1991 to 2000 she was nominated for six world championships . In 1995 she was second with the South Korean women's team. She won bronze medals three times, namely in 1993 and 2000 in a team competition and in 1999 in doubles with Kim Moo-kyo . In 1996 and 1998 she took part in the Asian Championships , where she was third in mixed both times. She also reached the final in doubles with Kim Moo-kyo in 1998.

At the ITTF Pro Tour tournaments, she qualified for the Grand Finals in 1996 and 1997 , where she was in the finals in doubles in 1996 with Ryu Ji-hae and in 1997 with Kim Moo-kyo. With Ryu Ji-hae, she also won bronze at the 1996 Summer Olympics .

Park Hae-jung's best placement in the ITTF world rankings was twelfth at the end of 1997.

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
COR	Asian Championship ATTU	1998	Osaka	JPN	last 16	silver	Semifinals
COR	Asian Championship ATTU	1996	Kallang	SIN	last 16	Quarter finals	Semifinals
COR	Asian Cup	1991	Dhaka	BAN	Quarter finals
COR	Asian Games	1998	Bangkok	THA		Quarter finals
COR	Asian Games	1994	Hiroshima	JPN		Semifinals	Semifinals
COR	Asian Championship ATTU (Juniors)	1989	New Delhi	IND			gold
COR	ASIA TOP8	1993	Huangshi City	CHN	Quarter finals
COR	Olympic games	1996	Atlanta	United States	last 16	bronze
COR	Pro tour	1999	Karlskrona	SWE	last 16	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	1999	Lievin	FRA	Rd 1	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	1999	Kobe City	JPN	last 32	last 16
COR	Pro tour	1999	Guilin	CHN	last 32	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	1999	Zagreb	HRV	Semifinals	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	1999	Hopton-on-Sea	CLOSELY	last 16	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	1998	Ji 'Nan City	CHN	last 32	silver
COR	Pro tour	1998	Wakayama	JPN	last 32	last 16
COR	Pro tour	1997	Squid	SWE	Semifinals	gold
COR	Pro tour	1997	Linz	AUT	Quarter finals	silver
COR	Pro tour	1997	Zhuhai	CHN	last 16	silver
COR	Pro tour	1997	Chiba	JPN	Semifinals	silver
COR	Pro tour	1997	Ipoh	MAS	Quarter finals	gold
COR	Pro tour	1997	Melbourne	OUT	last 16	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	1996	Lyon	FRA		silver
COR	Pro tour	1996	Belgrade	YUG	Quarter finals	silver
COR	Pro tour	1996	Kitaku-Shu	JPN	Semifinals	gold
COR	Pro Tour Grand Finals	1997	Hong Kong	HKG	Semifinals	silver
COR	Pro Tour Grand Finals	1996	Tian Jin	CHN	last 16	silver
COR	World Championship	2000	Kuala Lumpur	MAS				3-4
COR	World Championship	1999	Eindhoven	NED	last 64	Semifinals	last 16
COR	World Championship	1997	Manchester	CLOSELY	last 16	last 16	last 16	4th
COR	World Championship	1995	Tianjin	CHN	last 128	Quarter finals	last 64	2
COR	World Championship	1993	Gothenburg	SWE	last 64	last 16	last 32	3
KOU	World Championship	1991	Chiba City	JPN	last 32	last 32	last 64
COR	World cup	1998	Taipei	TPE	9-12. space
COR	World cup	1996	Hong Kong	HKG	9-12. space
COR	WTC World Team Cup	1995	Atlanta	United States				3

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World rankings 1947 to 2001 (Excel; 167 kB) (accessed on September 6, 2011)
2. ↑ ITTF statistics (accessed on September 5, 2011)

Web links

• Park Hae-jung in the database of Olympedia.org (English)

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Park is the family name here, Hae-jung is the first name.