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(Redirected from Cho Jae-Kwan) South Korean para table tennis player
Cho Jae-kwan
Born (1977-10-05) 5 October 1977 (age 47)
Gwangju, South Korea
Height177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Table tennis career
Playing styleRight-handed shakehand grip
Disability class1
Highest ranking4 (October 2008)
Current ranking16 (February 2020)
Medal record
Men's para table tennis
Representing  South Korea
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Teams C3
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing Singles C1
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Teams C1–2
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Montreux Teams C1
Gold medal – first place 2014 Beijing Teams C1
FESPIC Games
Silver medal – second place 1999 Bangkok Singles C1
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Busan Singles C1
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2005 Kuala Lumpur Singles C1
Silver medal – second place 2007 Seoul Singles C1
Silver medal – second place 2011 Hong Kong Singles C1
Silver medal – second place 2013 Beijing Singles C1
FESPIC Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Taipei Singles C1
In this Korean name, the family name is Cho.

Cho Jae-kwan (Korean: 조재관; RR: Jo Jaegwan, born 5 October 1977) is a South Korean para table tennis player. He won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, and a silver and a bronze at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

He sustained a spinal injury in a swimming pool accident in 1993, when he was a high school student. He began playing table tennis in 1997.

References

  1. ^ "조재관". Naver (in Korean). Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  2. "Cho Jae-kwan Ranking History". ITTF. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  3. "Cho Jae-kwan". ITTF. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  4. "Athens 2004 Paralympic Games - Table Tennis - Official Results Book". ipc-services.org. International Paralympic Committee. 19 September 2004.
  5. "Jae Kwan Cho". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  6. "광주시 탁구 조재관선수 은메달 획득". Jeonnam News (in Korean). 11 September 2008. Retrieved 10 February 2020.


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