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Joo Sae-hyuk

朱世赫　/　ちゅ・せひょく

Table tennis player from South Korea

January 20, 1980 (age 46)　・　Seoul, South Korea

table tennis player

My Take

Joo Sae-hyuk is a player I genuinely enjoyed watching, because he stuck with the defensive, chopping style long after most of the table tennis world chased pure aggression. That stubbornness made him compelling. A World Championships silver in 2003 plus World Cup and Asian Games bronzes show he could hang with anyone at the top, and standing at 180cm gave his retrieving game serious reach. What I find most telling is his second act: moving from elite competitor to coaching the South Korean national team. To me that signals someone who reads the sport deeply, not just someone with fast hands and good legs.

Overview

Joo Sae-hyuk (Korean: 주세혁, Korean pronunciation: [tɕu.se̞.ɦjʌk̚]; born 20 January 1980) is a South Korean former table tennis player and current coach of the Korean national table tennis team. As a singles player, he was a silver medalist at the 2003 World Table Tennis Championships, a bronze medalist at the 2011 Table Tennis World Cup, and a bronze medalist at the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Joo Sae-hyuk
Name (Japanese): 朱世赫
Reading: ちゅ・せひょく
Born: January 20, 1980 (age 46)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aquarius / Monkey
Origin: Seoul, South Korea
Blood type: Private
Height: 180 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: table tennis player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Daegwang High School
University: Hannam University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%B1%E4%B8%96%E8%B5%AB

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