JUNG Young A

Republic of Korea

Date of Birth: 20 Jul 1979

Age: 42

Gender: Female

Sport Class: 5

Birth Country:

Republic of Korea

Place of residence : SEOUL

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 Singles - Class 5	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 6	Women's Singles - Class 5 Group C #6 KOR JUNG YAJUNG Young A Sport Class: 5 3 CHN PAN JPAN Jiamin Sport Class: 5 2	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 6	Women's Singles - Class 5 Group C #9 KOR JUNG YAJUNG Young A Sport Class: 5 3 CHI LEONELLI TLEONELLI Tamara Sport Class: 5 0	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 5	Women's Singles - Class 5 Quarterfinal 2 #13 THA SRINGAM PSRINGAM Panwas Sport Class: 5 1 KOR JUNG YAJUNG Young A Sport Class: 5 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 5	Women's Singles - Class 5 Semifinal 1 #14 CHN ZHANG BZHANG Bian Sport Class: 5 3 KOR JUNG YAJUNG Young A Sport Class: 5 0	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
3	Singles - Class 5	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
3	Team - Class 4-5	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
3	Team - Class 4-5	2012	London, GBR
5	Singles - Class 5	2012	London, GBR
World Championships
3	Singles - Class 5	2014	Beijing, CHN

Poker Face (Seoul Sports Association for the Differently abled Instagram profile, 13 Apr 2021)

Drawing, watching movies. (Athlete, 20 May 2016)

Occupation:

Industrial Design - Changwon Moonsung University, Korea

Languages spoken:

Seoul Metropolitan Government [Korea]

Park Jae-Hyung [club], KOR; Choi Kyoung-Sik [national], KOR

Other sports:

She has competed in wheelchair curling at the National Para Winter Games in the Republic of Korea. (knnews.co.kr, 10 Jan 2012, 24 Jul 2012)

2009 for Korea, in Amman, Jordan (Athlete, 20 May 2016)

She took up the sport seriously at Changwon Community Rehabilitation Centre in the Republic of Korea in 2005. (Seoul Sports Association for the Differently abled Instagram profile, 13 Apr 2021; knnews.co.kr, 10 Jan 2012)

She was encouraged to play table tennis as part of her rehabilitation by her older sister, who studied social welfare. "I originally got involved in both swimming and table tennis. I had taken anti-depressants for three years after my accident, but I gradually began sleeping well without taking medicine once I started playing table tennis. I thought that the sport suited me well." (Seoul Sports Association for the Differently abled Instagram profile, 13 Apr 2021)

To win gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Seoul Sports Association for the Differently abled Instagram profile, 13 Apr 2021)

Her father. (Athlete, 20 May 2016)

Philosophy:

"Do my best." (Seoul Sports Association for the Differently abled Instagram profile, 13 Apr 2021)

General Interest

Classification
TT5 (ipttc.org, 01 Aug 2021)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (knnews.co.kr, 10 Jan 2012)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (Seoul Sports Association for the Differently abled Instagram profile, 13 Apr 2021)

Impairment Details
Her right leg was amputated below the knee and her left leg was amputated above the knee as the result of an accident in 2002 when she was hiking with friends. (knnews.co.kr, 10 Jan 2012)

Legend

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

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