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Cho Jae-kwan
Born (1977-10-05) October 5, 1977 (age 46)
Gwangju, South Korea
Height177 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Table tennis career
Playing styleRight-handed shakehand grip
Disability class1
Highest ranking4 (October 2008)[2]
Current ranking16 (February 2020)
Medal record
Men's para table tennis
Representing  South Korea[3]
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Teams C3
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing Singles C1
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Teams C1–2
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Montreux Teams C1
Gold medal – first place 2014 Beijing Teams C1
FESPIC Games
Silver medal – second place 1999 Bangkok Singles C1
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Busan Singles C1
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2005 Kuala Lumpur Singles C1
Silver medal – second place 2007 Seoul Singles C1
Silver medal – second place 2011 Hong Kong Singles C1
Silver medal – second place 2013 Beijing Singles C1
FESPIC Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Taipei Singles C1
In this Korean name, the family name is Cho.

Cho Jae-kwan (Korean: 조재관; RR: Jo Jaegwan, born 5 October 1977[1]) is a South Korean para table tennis player. He won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, and a silver and a bronze at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.[4]

He suffered a spinal injury in a swimming pool accident in 1993, when he was a high school student. He began playing table tennis in 1997.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "조재관". Naver (in Korean). Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Cho Jae-kwan Ranking History". ITTF. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Cho Jae-kwan". ITTF. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Jae Kwan Cho". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  5. ^ "광주시 탁구 조재관선수 은메달 획득". Jeonnam News (in Korean). 11 September 2008. Retrieved 10 February 2020.


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