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Oh Sang-eun

呉尚垠　/　お・さんうん

Table tennis player from South Korea

April 13, 1977 (age 49)　・　Daegu, South Korea

table tennis player

My Take

What strikes me about Oh Sang-eun is the quiet consistency of his career. Cracking the world's top ten in table tennis from 2005 and holding it for nearly three years is no fluke, and peaking at number five in May 2007 puts him among the genuine elite of his generation. Standing 186cm, he was unusually tall for the sport, which I imagine gave his reach a real edge at the table. Coming out of Daegu and later studying in Seoul, he represents the deep South Korean tradition in a discipline long dominated by China. To me he's a model of steady, world-class craft rather than flash.

Overview

Oh Sang-eun (Korean: 오상은; Hanja: 吳尚垠; Korean pronunciation: [o.saŋ.ɯn]; born April 13, 1977, in Daegu, South Korea) is a South Korean table tennis player. His world ranking had been in the top 10 since the 2005 World Championships in Shanghai until April 2008. His highest ranking was number 5 in May 2007.

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

1. Profile

Name (English): Oh Sang-eun
Name (Japanese): 呉尚垠
Reading: お・さんうん
Born: April 13, 1977 (age 49)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aries / Snake
Origin: Daegu, South Korea
Blood type: Private
Height: 186 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: table tennis player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Seoul National University of Science and Technology

3. Relationships

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

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%91%89%E5%B0%9A%E5%9E%A0

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