Pak Yung-sun
North Korean table tennis player
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Pak Yung-sun (Korean: 박영순; 22 August 1956 – 14 July 1987), People's Athlete and Labor Hero,[1] was an international table tennis player from North Korea. She represented the Korean People's Army's February 8 Sports Club.[2]
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| Nationality |  North Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 August 1956 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 14 July 1987 (aged 30) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Table tennis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | February 8 Sports Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Table tennis career
From 1974 to 1981 she won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Asian Table Tennis Championships and in the World Table Tennis Championships.[3]
The five World Championship medals[4][5] included two gold medals in the singles at the 1975 World Table Tennis Championships and 1977 World Table Tennis Championships.[6][7]
She is buried at the Patriotic Martyrs' Cemetery.[8]
