Yoon Ji-yu
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| Born | 28 December 2000 Yongin,[1] Gyeonggi, South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing style | Right-handed shakehand grip | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 2 (October 2019)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 3 (February 2020) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yoon Ji-yu (Korean: 윤지유; RR: Yun Jiyu, born 28 December 2000[4]) is a South Korean para table tennis player. She won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics,[5] before her 16th birthday.
Personal life
She became paralyzed when she was 28 months old. Her paralysis was caused by spinal cord infarction.[6] She has a twin sibling.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "IPTTF Profile - Yoon Jiyu". International Para Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ↑ "Yoon Jiyu". IPC.infostradasports.com. International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 6 November 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ↑ "Yoon Jiyu Ranking history". ITTF. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ↑ "Sports Entries - Table Tennis – Rio 2016 Paralympic Games". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ↑ "Jiyu Yoon". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ↑ "2016 리우패럴림픽 서울시소속 대표선수 전원 메달획득". Seoul Sports Association for the Disabled (in 한국어). 27 September 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ↑ Kim Donghun (20 February 2019). "16살에 최연소 태극마크…"저 강심장이에요"". The Hankyoreh (in 한국어). Retrieved 16 January 2020.
External links
- Yoon Ji-yu at ITTF Para Table Tennis
- {{IPC athlete}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.
Categories:
- CS1 한국어-language sources (ko)
- 2000 births
- Paralympic medalists in table tennis
- South Korean female table tennis players
- Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic table tennis players for South Korea
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Gyeonggi Province
- People from Yongin
- Paralympic bronze medalists for South Korea
- People with paraplegia
- South Korean twins
- Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2022 Asian Para Games
- 21st-century South Korean women
- Table tennis players at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics