Yoon Ji-yu
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_IMG_5480_(36400943614).jpg) Yoon at the 2016 Summer Paralympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 28 December 2000 Yongin,[1] Gyeonggi, South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing style | Right-handed shakehand grip | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 2 (October 2019)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 3 (February 2020) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yoon Ji-yu (Korean: 윤지유; RR: Yun Jiyu, born 28 December 2000[4]) is a South Korean para table tennis player. She won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics,[5] before her 16th birthday.
She became paralyzed when she was 28 months old. Her paralysis was caused by spinal cord infarction.[6] She has a twin sibling.[7]
References
- ^ a b "IPTTF Profile - Yoon Jiyu". International Para Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ "Yoon Jiyu". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ "Yoon Jiyu Ranking history". ITTF. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ "Sports Entries - Table Tennis". 2016 Summer Paralympics. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ "Jiyu Yoon". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ "2016 리우패럴림픽 서울시소속 대표선수 전원 메달획득". Seoul Sports Association for the Disabled (in Korean). 27 September 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ Kim Donghun (20 February 2019). "16살에 최연소 태극마크…"저 강심장이에요"". The Hankyoreh (in Korean). Retrieved 16 January 2020.
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- Living people
- Sportspeople from Gyeonggi Province
- People from Yongin
- Paralympic bronze medalists for South Korea
- People with paraplegia
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- Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
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