Seo Su-yeon

Seo Su-yeon (Korean: 서수연, born January 8, 1986) is a South Korean para table tennis player.^[1][4] She won a silver medal and a bronze at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.^[5] She also won two silver medals at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan. She is coached by Cho Jae-kwan.^[2]

Seo Su-yeon
Seo before the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Personal information
Born	(1986-01-08) January 8, 1986 (age 39) Mokpo,[1] South Jeolla, South Korea
Height	174 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)[2]
Table tennis career
Playing style	Right-handed shakehand grip
Disability class	2 (formerly 3)
Highest ranking	1 (November 2015)[3]
Current ranking	3 (February 2020)
Medal record Women's para table tennis Representing  South Korea Paralympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Singles C1–2 2020 Tokyo Singles C1–2 2020 Tokyo Teams C1–3 2024 Paris Doubles WD5 2016 Rio de Janeiro Teams C1–3 2024 Paris Singles WS1-2 World Championships 2018 Lasko Singles C1-2 2014 Gwangju Singles C1–3 2014 Gwangju Teams C1–3 Asian Para Games 2022 Hangzhou Singles C1–2 2014 Incheon Singles C1–2 2014 Incheon Teams C1–3 2018 Jakarta Singles C1–3 2018 Jakarta Teams C2–5 Asian Championships 2015 Amman Singles C1–2 2015 Amman Teams C1–3 2017 Beijing Teams C1–3 2013 Beijing Teams C1–3

In this Korean name, the family name is Seo.

Personal life

When she was 18, Seo aspired to be a model and visited a hospital to correct her posture. Instead, she was paralysed by an injection. She began playing table tennis while she fought the hospital in courts.^[6]