LEE Younjoo

Republic of Korea

Wheelchair Basketball

Date of Birth: 29 Nov 1984

Age: 36

Gender: Male

Sport Class: 3.5

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
Wheelchair Basketball	Men KOR Republic of Korea	10

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #05 ESP Spain 65 KOR Republic of Korea 53	Finished
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #11 KOR Republic of Korea 70 TUR Turkey 80	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #25 JPN Japan 59 KOR Republic of Korea 52	Finished
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #34 KOR Republic of Korea 66 COL Colombia 54	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Preliminary Round Group A #43 CAN Canada 74 KOR Republic of Korea 64	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Classification Playoff 9/10 #61 KOR Republic of Korea 54 IRI Islamic Rep. of Iran 64	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
World Championships
6	Men	2014	Incheon, KOR
14	Men	2018	Hamburg, GER
Asian Para Games
3	Men	2018	Jakarta, INA

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Seoul Metropolitan Government [Korea] since 2018

Kim Young Moo [club], KOR; Ko Kwang-Yub [national], KOR

Position style:

Forward (jemin.com, 11 Dec 2018)

He sustained an injury to his rib at the 2014 World Championship in Incheon, Republic of Korea. (hani.co.kr, 13 Jul 2014)

National league:

Korean Wheelchair Basketball League [KOR] (kwbl.or.kr, 23 Jan 2020)

He took up the sport at the National Rehabilitation Centre in 2009. (news.joins.com, 24 Jul 2011; hani.co.kr, 13 Jul 2014)

He competed in able-bodied taekwondo at high school level before acquiring his spinal cord injury. Afterwards, he was introduced to the sport during rehabilitation by coach Han Sa-Hyun. (hani.co.kr, 13 Jul 2014; news.kmib.co.kr, 19 Sep 2020)

To reach the semifinals at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (news.joins.com, 17 Dec 2020)

Coach Han Sa-Hyun, who passed away in 2020. (news.kmib.co.kr, 19 Sep 2020; news.joins.com, 17 Dec 2020)

General Interest

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (news.kmib.co.kr, 19 Sep 2020)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (hani.co.kr, 13 Jul 2014)

Impairment Details
His has paraplegia as a result of a truck accident during his military service in 2003. The truck that was carrying members of his unit fell off a cliff in Hwacheon, Republic of Korea. (hani.co.kr, 13 Jul 2014)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/younjoo.lee2

Legend

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

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