CHOI Hyojoo

Republic of Korea

Date of Birth: 15 Apr 1998

Age: 23

Gender: Female

Place of birth: JIANGSHU

Birth Country:

People's Republic of China

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Table Tennis	Women's Team KOR Republic of Korea	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 4	Women's Team Round of 16 #3 KOR Republic of Korea 3 POL Poland 0	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 2	Women's Team Quarterfinal #10 KOR Republic of Korea 2 GER Germany 3	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championships

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles W	Doubles X
2019	Budapest, HUN	2R	1R	3R

Asian Games

Year	Location	Team
2018	Indonesia	3

WTT Star Contender

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles W
2021	Doha, QAT	1R	1R

ITTF World Tour - Eliminations per phase since 2017

Year	Event	W	RU	SF	QF	L16	L32	L64
2020	Singles	-	-	-	-	-	1x	-
2020	Doubles W	-	-	-	1x	-	-	-
2020	Doubles X	-	-	-	-	1x	-	-
2019	Singles	-	-	-	-	1x	3x	-
2019	Doubles W	-	1x	1x	2x	3x	-	-
2019	Doubles X	-	1x	-	1x	-	-	-
2018	Singles	-	-	-	-	1x	2x	-
2018	Doubles W	-	-	-	-	5x	-	-
2018	Doubles X	-	-	1x	-	-	-	-
2017	Singles	-	-	-	1x	1x	1x	-
2017	Doubles W	-	-	-	1x	4x	-	-

ITTF World Tour - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
2	2019	Doubles	Korea Open	Busan, KOR
2	2019	Doubles	Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong, CHN
3	2019	Doubles	Australian Open	Geelong, VIC, AUS
3	2018	Doubles	Japan Open	Kitakyushu, JPN
Quarterfinal	2020	Doubles	German Open	Magdeburg, GER
Quarterfinal	2019	Doubles	Austrian Open	Linz, AUT
Quarterfinal	2019	Doubles	Japan Open	Sapporo, JPN
Quarterfinal	2019	Doubles	Qatar Open	Doha, QAT
Quarterfinal	2017	Singles	Korea Open	Incheon, KOR
Quarterfinal	2017	Doubles	Australian Open	Brisbane, QLD, AUS

Legend
W - Winner, RU - Runner-up, SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 4R - 4th Round, 3R - 3rd Round, 2R - 2nd Round, 1R - 1st Round, Prel. Rnd - Preliminary Round, L16 - Last 16, L32 - Last 32, L64 - Last 64, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed

Previous names:

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Korean, Mandarin

Samsung Life Insurance [Republic of Korea]

Yoo Nam-Kyu [club], KOR; Ahn Jae-Hyung [national], KOR

Left (hani.co.kr, 02 Jun 2015)

National team:

2018 (yonhapnews.co.kr, 28 Jan 2018)

She began the sport at age six in Nanjing, People's Republic of China. (news.chosun.com, 28 Dec 2016)

Her parents encouraged her to take up the sport. (news.chosun.com, 28 Dec 2016)

Korean table tennis players Ryu Seung-Min and Dang Ye-Seo. (2020 WTTC YouTube channel, 17 Jan 2020)

General Interest

Grip
Shakehand (hani.co.kr, 02 Jun 2015)

Style of play
Attack (tabletennis.guide, 11 Mar 2018)

General
MOVE TO REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Born in Jiangshu, People's Republic of China, her talent was spotted by Korean coach Choi Young-Il when she visited the Republic of Korea for training at age 13. His older brother Choi Young-Sik decided to adopt her and she obtained Korean citizenship in November 2014. (hani.co.kr, 02 Jun 2015; news.chosun.com, 28 Dec 2016; news.joins.com, 26 Aug 2018; hani.co.kr, 14 Jan 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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