YOON Jiyu

Republic of Korea

Date of Birth: 28 Dec 2000

Age: 20

Gender: Female

Sport Class: 3

Place of birth: YONGIN

Birth Country:

Republic of Korea

Place of residence : YONGIN

Residence Country:

Republic of Korea

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Table Tennis	Women's Team - Classes 1-3 KOR Republic of Korea	2
	Women's Singles - Class 3	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 8	Women's Singles - Class 3 Group C #1 BRA AMARAL SANTOS MAMARAL SANTOS Marliane Sport Class: 3 0 KOR YOON JYOON Jiyu Sport Class: 3 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 6	Women's Singles - Class 3 Group C #9 SVK KANOVA AKANOVA Alena Sport Class: 3 0 KOR YOON JYOON Jiyu Sport Class: 3 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 7	Women's Singles - Class 3 Quarterfinal 3 #29 KOR YOON JYOON Jiyu Sport Class: 3 3 CRO MUZINIC AMUZINIC Andela Sport Class: 3 1	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 6	Women's Singles - Class 3 Semifinal 2 #32 KOR YOON JYOON Jiyu Sport Class: 3 2 CHN XUE JXUE Juan Sport Class: 3 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 8	Women's Team - Classes 1-3 Quarterfinal 4 #4 BRA Brazil 1 KOR Republic of Korea 2	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 8	Women's Team - Classes 1-3 Semifinal 2 #6 CRO Croatia 0 KOR Republic of Korea 2	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 6	Women's Team - Classes 1-3 Gold Medal Match #7 CHN China 2 KOR Republic of Korea 0	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
3	Team - Classes 1-3	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
4	Singles - Class 3	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Seongnam City Hall [Korea]

Kim Byung-Young [club], KOR; Choi Kyoung-Sik [national], KOR

2014 for Korea, in San Jose, Costa Rica (Athlete, 27 Jul 2016)

She began playing the sport in grade five of primary school at Suwon Welfare Centre in the Republic of Korea. (donga.com, 06 Sep 2016)

She became fascinated by table tennis after she watched it on television, so she decided to give it a try. (KBS, 29 Aug 2020)

To win gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Korean Paralympic Committee YouTube channel, 07 Jan 2021)

She trains for eight hours a day. (KBS, 29 Aug 2020)

Her mother Kim Hye-Sook. (KBS, 29 Aug 2020; biz.heraldcorp.com, 05 Sep 2016)

General Interest

Classification
TT3 (ipttc.org, 01 Aug 2021)

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (KBS, 29 Aug 2020)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (KBS, 29 Aug 2020)

Impairment Details
She has paraplegia as the result of a ruptured blood vessel in her spinal cord at age two. (KBS, 29 Aug 2020)

Social Media

https://instagram.com/ji_yu1219

Legend

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

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