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Born | Cheongju,[1] North Chungcheong,[2] South Korea | February 19, 1965|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Table tennis career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing style | Right-handed shakehand grip | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | 1 (March 1998)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 23 (February 2020) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kim Kyung-mook (Korean: 김경묵; Hanja: 金慶默; RR: Gim Gyeongmuk, born 19 February 1965[4][5]) is a South Korean para table tennis player. He has medalled at every Paralympic Games from 1992 to 2016, for a total of four gold, three silver, and six bronze medals.[6]
While climbing in 1985, he incurred a spinal injury.[2] He began playing table tennis in 1988.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Kim Kyung Mook". IPC.infostradasports.com. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 28 January 2020.[permanent dead link ]
- ^ a b c "Kim Kyung Mook - profile". IPTTC.org. ITTF Para Table Tennis. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ "Kim Kyung Mook - ranking history". IPTTC.org. ITTF Para Table Tennis. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ "Kim Kyungmook - Rio 2016 Paralympic Games". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ "Athens 2004 Paralympic Games - Table Tennis - Official Results Book". ipc-services.org. International Paralympic Committee. 19 September 2004.
- ^ "Kyung Mook Kim". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
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