Lee Hae-gon

Lee Hae-gon (, born 8 October 1953) is a South Korean retired para table tennis player. He has medalled at every Paralympic Games from 1988 to 2008, for a total of seven gold, one silver, and four bronze medals.

Lee, the seventh of eight children in a poor family, enlisted in the Republic of Korea Marine Corps in 1971. The Marine Corps had created a special force to infiltrate North Korea following the Blue House raid, and Lee and other recruits underwent harsh training in Manisan. During one night training session in July 1973, he fell off a cliff and sustained a spinal cord injury. He spent six years in bed, before a missionary persuaded him to try table tennis for rehabilitation.

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1953 births

Living people

Table tennis players at the 1988 Summer Paralympics

Table tennis players at the 1992 Summer Paralympics

Table tennis players at the 1996 Summer Paralympics

Table tennis players at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

Table tennis players at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Medalists at the 1988 Summer Paralympics

Medalists at the 1992 Summer Paralympics

Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics

Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

South Korean male table tennis players

Paralympic bronze medalists for South Korea

Paralympic silver medalists for South Korea

Paralympic gold medalists for South Korea

Paralympic table tennis players for South Korea

Paralympic medalists in table tennis

People with paraplegia

People from Anyang, Gyeonggi

Sportspeople from Gyeonggi Province

FESPIC Games competitors