Ryu Seung-min

Ryu Seung-min
Nation:	South Korea
Date of birth:	5th August 1982
Place of birth:	Seoul
Playing hand:	Right handed
How to play:	Penholder
Best world ranking :	2 (September 2004)

Korean spelling
Hangeul	류승민 / 유승민
Hanja	柳承敏
Revised Romanization	Ryu Seungmin / Yu Seungmin
McCune- Reischauer	Ryu Sŭngmin / Yu Sŭngmin
See also : Korean name

Ryu Seung-min (born August 5, 1982 in Seoul ) is a South Korean table tennis player . At the XXVIII. 2004 Olympic Games in Athens , he won the gold medal in men's singles. In the final on August 23, 2004, the then world number three Ryu defeated the Chinese world number four Wang Hao with 4-2 sets.

The national player is married and has a son (* 2012).

former clubs

• Sichuan Shenghe (China) (2001–2002), Chinese Super League
• Samsung Life Insurance Co. (South Korea)
• SVS Lower Austria
• GV Hennebont TT (FRA)
• Zagreb (until 2012).
• TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen (2012-2014).

International success

Olympic games

• 2008 - Olympic Games in Beijing : Team Bronze Medal
• 2004 - Olympic Games in Athens / Greece : Olympic champion in men's singles and quarter-finals in men's doubles (together with Lee Chul-seung )
• 2000 - Olympic Games in Sydney / Australia : Last 32 in men's singles and 4th place in men's doubles

European Champions League

• European Champions League winner : 2007/2008

World championships

• 2007 - World Championship in Zagreb / Croatia : 3rd place individual
• 2004 - World Championship in Doha / Qatar : 3rd place with the South Korean team
• 2003 - World Championship in Paris / France : Last 64 in men's singles, round of 16 in men's doubles and quarter-finals in mixed doubles
• 2001 - World Championship in Osaka / Japan : Last 64 in men's singles, quarter-finals in men's doubles, last 128 in mixed doubles and 3rd place with the South Korean team
• 2000 - World Championship in Kuala Lumpur / Malaysia : 5th place with the South Korean team
• 1999 - World Championship in Eindhoven / Netherlands : Last 64 in men's singles and in men's doubles, last 32 in mixed doubles
• 1997 - World Championship in Manchester / Great Britain : Last 128 in men's singles and last 64 in men's doubles

World cup

• 2003 , 2005 , 2008 - quarter-finals
• 2007 - final

Asian championships

• 2003 - Semi-finals in men's singles and quarter-finals in men's doubles
• 2000 - Round of 16 in men's singles and quarter-finals in men's doubles

Asian Games

• 2002 - Winner in men's doubles, runner-up in mixed doubles and runner-up with the South Korean team

Title wins on the ITTF Pro Tour

• 2008 - Chile : Winner in the men's singles
• 2004 - Egypt : Winner in the men's singles and in the men's doubles
• 2004 - Croatia : Winner in men's doubles
• 2004 - USA : Winner in men's singles and in men's doubles
• 2002 - PR China : Winner in men's doubles

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
COR	Asian Championship ATTU	2007	Yangzhou	CHN	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
COR	Asian Championship ATTU	2005	Jeju-do	COR	Quarter finals	Semifinals		2
COR	Asian Championship ATTU	2003	Bangkok	THA	Semifinals	Quarter finals
COR	Asian Championship ATTU	2000	Doha	QAT	last 16	Quarter finals
COR	Asian Games	2006	Doha	QAT	Semifinals	Quarter finals		2
COR	Asian Games	2002	Busan	COR		gold	silver	2
COR	Asian Championship ATTU (Juniors)	1999	Chennai	IND	gold	gold
COR	Asian Championship ATTU (Juniors)	1997	Sanagi Goa	IND	Semifinals			1
COR	Olympic games	2008	Beijing	CHN	last 32			3
COR	Olympic games	2004	Athens	GRE	gold	Quarter finals
COR	Olympic games	2000	Sydney	OUT	last 32	4th Place
COR	Pro tour	2011	Suzhou	CHN	last 32	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2011	Kobe	JPN	last 32	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2011	Incheon	COR	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2011	Almeria	ESP	last 64
COR	Pro tour	2011	Dortmund	GER	last 16	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2011	Dubai	UAE	Quarter finals	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2011	Doha	QAT	Quarter finals	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2011	Sheffield	CLOSELY	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2011	Velenje	SVN	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2010	Warsaw	POLE	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2010	catfish	AUT	Semifinals	silver
COR	Pro tour	2010	Budaörs	HUN	last 32	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2010	Suzhou	CHN	last 16	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2010	Incheon	COR	last 16	silver
COR	Pro tour	2010	Berlin	GER	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2010	Kuwait City	KUW	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2010	Doha	QAT	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2009	Sheffield	CLOSELY	last 32
COR	Pro tour	2009	Seoul	COR	last 16	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2009	Tianjin	CHN	Quarter finals	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2009	Doha	QAT	last 16	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2009	Kuwait City	KUW	last 32	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2009	Frederikshavn	THE	last 32
COR	Pro tour	2009	Velenje	SVN	last 32	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2008	Daejeon	COR	Quarter finals	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2008	Yokohama	JPN	last 32			3
COR	Pro tour	2008	Changchun	CHN	Quarter finals			3
COR	Pro tour	2008	Santiago	CHI	gold	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2008	Doha	QAT	last 32	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2008	Kuwait City	KUW	last 16	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2007	Stockholm	SWE	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2007	Bremen	GER	last 32
COR	Pro tour	2007	Nanjing	CHN	Quarter finals	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2007	Chiba	JPN	last 32	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2007	Seongnam	COR	Quarter finals	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2007	Salwa Cup	KUW	last 32	gold
COR	Pro tour	2007	Doha	QAT	last 32	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2007	Velenje	SVN	silver	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2007	Zagreb	HRV	last 32	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2006	Yokohama	JPN	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2006	Guangzhou	CHN	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2006	Singapore	SIN	last 32	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2006	Kunshan	CHN	Quarter finals	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2006	Taipei	TPE	last 32	gold
COR	Pro tour	2006	Jeonju	COR	Quarter finals	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2006	Zagreb	HRV	Semifinals	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2005	Gothenburg	SWE	last 32	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2005	Magdeburg	GER	last 16	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2005	Yokohama	JPN	silver
COR	Pro tour	2005	Suncheon	COR	Semifinals	gold
COR	Pro tour	2005	Doha	QAT	Quarter finals	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2005	Zagreb	HRV	Semifinals	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2004	Chicago	United States	gold	gold
COR	Pro tour	2004	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	Semifinals	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2004	Singapore	SIN	Semifinals	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2004	Pyeongchang	COR	Semifinals	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2004	Cairo	EGY	gold	gold
COR	Pro tour	2004	Athens	GRE	last 16	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2004	Croatia	HRV	Semifinals	gold
COR	Pro tour	2003	Aarhus	THE	Quarter finals	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2003	Bremen	GER	last 16	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2003	Kobe	JPN	last 32	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2003	Guangzhou	CHN	Semifinals	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2003	Jeju-Si	COR	last 16	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2003	Croatia	HRV	Quarter finals	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2002	Farum	THE	Quarter finals	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2002	Gangneung City	COR	Semifinals	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2002	São Paulo	BRA	silver	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2002	Fort Lauderdale	United States	last 32	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	last 16	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2001	Skovde	SWE	silver	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2001	Rotterdam	NED	last 32	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2001	Bayreuth	GER	last 32	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2001	Yokohama	JPN	last 16	Rd 1
COR	Pro tour	2001	Seoul	COR	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2001	Zagreb	HRV	last 16	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2001	Doha	QAT	last 16	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2000	Umeå	SWE	last 16	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2000	Toulouse	FRA	last 32	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2000	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	last 32	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2000	Fort Lauderdale	United States	last 32
COR	Pro tour	2000	Kobe City	JPN	last 32	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2000	Chang Chun City	CHN	last 16	silver
COR	Pro tour	1999	Karlskrona	SWE	last 16	last 16
COR	Pro tour	1999	Lievin	FRA	last 32
COR	Pro tour	1999	Kobe City	JPN	Semifinals	last 16
COR	Pro tour	1999	Guilin	CHN	last 16	last 16
COR	Pro tour	1999	Zagreb	HRV	last 16	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	1999	Hopton-on-Sea	CLOSELY	last 32	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	1998	Sundsvall	SWE	last 32
COR	Pro tour	1997	Squid	SWE	last 32
COR	Pro tour	1997	Linz	AUT	last 64	last 16
COR	Pro tour	1997	Zhuhai	CHN	last 16	Rd 1
COR	Pro tour	1997	Chiba	JPN	Rd 1	Rd 1
COR	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2010	Seoul	COR	Semifinals
COR	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2008	Macau	MAC	last 16
COR	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2007	Beijing	CHN	last 16	Quarter finals
COR	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2005	Fuzhou	CHN	Semifinals
COR	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2003	Guangzhou	CHN	Semifinals
COR	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2002	Stockholm	SWE	last 16	Quarter finals
COR	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2001	Hainan	CHN	Quarter finals
COR	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2000	Kobe City	JPN		Quarter finals
COR	World Championship	2011	Rotterdam	NED	last 16	last 16
COR	World Championship	2010	Moscow	RUS				3
COR	World Championship	2009	Yokohama	JPN	last 64	Quarter finals
COR	World Championship	2008	Guangzhou	CHN				2
COR	World Championship	2007	Zagreb	HRV	Semifinals	last 16	no participants
COR	World Championship	2006	Bremen	GER				2
COR	World Championship	2005	Shanghai	CHN	last 64	Quarter finals	last 32
COR	World Championship	2004	Doha	QAT				3
COR	World Championship	2003	Paris	FRA	last 64	last 16	Quarter finals
COR	World Championship	2001	Osaka	JPN	last 64	Quarter finals	last 128	3-4
COR	World Championship	2000	Kuala Lumpur	MAS				5-8
COR	World Championship	1999	Eindhoven	NED	Rd od 64	last 64	last 32
COR	World Championship	1997	Manchester	CLOSELY	last 128	no participants	last 64
COR	World cup	2008	Liege	BEL	5th-8th space
COR	World cup	2007	Barcelona	ESP	silver
COR	World cup	2005	Liege	BEL	5th-8th space
COR	World cup	2004	Hangzhou	CHN	9-12 space
COR	World cup	2003	Jiangyin	CHN	5th-8th space
COR	WTC World Team Cup	2009	Linz	AUT	2
COR	WTC World Team Cup	2007	Magdeburg	GER				3

Web links

• ITTF website with biographical information
• Ryu Seung-min biography on the website of the World Table Tennis Federation ittf.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} magazine tischtennis , 2012/4 page 48
2. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2014/6 page 23
3. ↑ Ryu Seung-min results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed September 14, 2011)

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Ryu is the family name here, Seung-min is the first name.