Hyun Jung-hwa (Korean: 현정화; Hanja: 玄静和; RR: Hyeon Jeong-hwa; born October 6, 1969, in Busan, South Korea) is a retired table tennis player from South Korea who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, and in the 1992 Summer Olympics.[2]
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| Full name | Hyun Jung-Hwa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 October 1969 Busan, South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing style | Right-handed, penhold grip | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editNational South Korean table tennis player Hyun Jung-Hwa brought about the golden age of table tennis to Korea. She is one of an elite group of players who have won at least one gold medal in every discipline they were eligible to compete in at the World Table Tennis Championships.[2] Her first gold medal came in the women's doubles (partnering Yang Young-Ja) at the 1987 World Table Tennis Championships in New Delhi. She followed it up by winning the mixed doubles title with Yoo Nam-Kyu at the 1989 World Table Tennis Championships in Dortmund. During 1988 Seoul Olympics, she led the South Korean team to victory against the unbeatable Chinese team. She was again part of the first ever Unified Korean team that stunned China to win the women's team event at the 1991 World Table Tennis Championships in Chiba. Her final World title was an unexpected win in the women's singles event at the 1993 World Table Tennis Championships in Gothenburg, where she also brought home medals in the mixed doubles and team event, making her the only Korean to achieve a Grand Slam. In 2011, she became the first Korean table tennis player to be inducted into the International Table Tennis Federation's Hall of Fame.[3]
Notable achievements
edit- Hall of Fame Inductee, International Table Tennis Federation
- Executive Director, Korea Table Tennis Association
- Table Tennis Director, Korean Racing Authority
- Head Coach, South Korean national team
In popular culture
editFilm
editThe story of the Unified Korean team in the 1991 World Championships and its victory over the Chinese in the women's team event is told by the movie As One starring actress Ha Ji-won as Hyun Jung-Hwa.[4]
Television appearances
edit- 2020: King of Mask Singer (MBC), contestant as "Libra" (episode 251)[5]
- 2021: Hospital Playlist Season 2 (tvN), cameo. Yulje hospital hosts a departmental table tennis tournament every year. Hyun appears as one of the Department of Nuclear Medicine doctors, and easily wins the championship with her partner, Joo Sae-hyuk. (episode 9)[6]
- 2022: National University is National University (MBN, 2022); Participant[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Hyeon Jeong-Hwa". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- ^ a b "HYUN Jung Hwa (KOR)". ITTF. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- ^ 코리아 (in Korean). Archived from the original on 24 June 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- ^ "CJ ENTERTAINMENT Goes for the Gold with "AS ONE"". Hancinema. 24 May 2012.
- ^ Kim Soo-hyung. ""코로나19, 국민=국가대표"'복면가왕' 고우림·현정화·황인선·이한위 '반전'X주윤발 '저지' [종합]". OSENdate=April 19, 2020 (in Korean). Retrieved April 19, 2020.
- ^ "Hyun Jung Hwa cameo in Hospital Playlist 2 episode 9".
- ^ Jung Ji-hyun (January 18, 2022). "국대는 국대다' 2월 첫방송…현정화, 27년만에 코트 복귀 선언 [공식]" [National University is National University' first broadcast in February... Hyeon Jeong-hwa announces return to court after 27 years [Official]] (in Korean). My Daily. Retrieved January 18, 2022 – via Naver.