Hyun Jung-hwa

Hyun Jung-hwa (Korean: 현정화; Hanja: 玄静和; RR: Hyeon Jeong-hwa; born October 6, 1969 in Busan, South Korea) is a retired female table tennis player from South Korea who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, and in the 1992 Summer Olympics.[2]

Hyun Jung-Hwa
Full name	Hyun Jung-Hwa
Nationality	South Korea
Born	October 6, 1969 Busan, South Korea
Playing style	Right-handed, penhold grip
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 ^1⁄2 in)[1]
Weight	52 kg (115 lb)
Medal record Women's table tennis Representing  South Korea Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Doubles 1992 Barcelona Singles 1992 Barcelona Doubles World Championships 1987 New Delhi Doubles 1989 Dortmund MixedDoubles 1993 Gothenburg Singles 1987 New Delhi Team 1989 Dortmund Team 1993 Gothenburg MixedDoubles 1989 Dortmund Singles 1993 Gothenburg Team World Cup 1990 Seoul Doubles 1991 Barcelona Team 1992 Las Vegas Doubles 1990 Hokkaido,Aomori,Niig Team Asian Games 1986 Seoul Team 1990 Beijing Doubles 1990 Beijing MixedDoubles 1990 Beijing Team 1986 Seoul Doubles 1986 Seoul MixedDoubles Asian Championships 1988 Niigata Doubles 1988 Niigata MixedDoubles 1988 Niigata Team 1990 Kuala Lumpur MixedDoubles 1990 Kuala Lumpur Team 1986 Shenzhen MixedDoubles 1988 Niigata Singles 1990 Kuala Lumpur Doubles Representing  Korea World Championships 1991 Chiba City Team

Career

National 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

• 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

Film

The 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

• 2020: King of Mask Singer (MBC), contestant as "Libra" (episode 251)[5]

See also

• List of table tennis players

References

1. "Hyeon Jeong-Hwa". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
2. "HYUN Jung Hwa (KOR)". ITTF. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
3. 코리아 (in Korean). Archived from the original on 24 June 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
4. "CJ ENTERTAINMENT Goes for the Gold with "AS ONE"". Hancinema. 24 May 2012.
5. 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.