Kim Jung-gil
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_IMG_5259_(36839513870).jpg) Kim at the 2016 Summer Paralympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | May 28, 1986 Gumi, North Gyeongsang,[1] South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Table tennis career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing style | Right-handed shakehand grip | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 3 (June 2015)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 6 (February 2020) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kim Jung-gil (Korean: 김정길; RR: Gim Jeonggil, born 28 May 1986[4]) is a South Korean para table tennis player. He won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and a gold at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, both in the Class 4–5 team event.[5]
Personal life
[edit]He sustained a debilitating injury while riding a mountain bike in 2004.[6] He began playing table tennis two years later.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Kim Jung-gil". ipttc.org. International Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Kim Jung Gil". ipc.infostradasports.com. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 28 January 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Kim Jung-gil Ranking History". ipttc.org. International Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ^ "Kim Jung-Gil". Rio 2016 Paralympics. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ^ "Jung Gil Kim". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ^ Kwon Seung-rock (4 October 2016). ""공부해야지" "이젠 즐길래"...달라서 강한 금빛짝꿍". The Hankyoreh (in Korean). Retrieved 17 January 2020.
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- 1986 births
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- Paralympic medalists in table tennis
- Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
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- Medalists at the 2010 Asian Para Games
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