Yang Young-ja

Yang Young-Ja (; born July 6, 1964) is a retired female table tennis player from South Korea.

Table tennis career

She won gold medals in women's doubles at the 1987 ITTF World Championships and the 1988 Summer Olympics, together with Hyun Jung-Hwa. She is also a two-time women's singles world champion runner-up in 1983 and 1987.

She retired right after the 1988 Summer Olympics, and currently resides in Seoul working as a table tennis coach responsible for the junior team of South Korea.

See also

List of table tennis players

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References

1964 births

Living people

South Korean female table tennis players

Table tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Olympic table tennis players for South Korea

Olympic gold medalists for South Korea

Olympic medalists in table tennis

Asian Games medalists in table tennis

Table tennis players at the 1982 Asian Games

Table tennis players at the 1986 Asian Games

Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea

Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea

Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea

Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games

Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games

People from Iksan

Sportspeople from North Jeolla Province

20th-century South Korean women