
Acquired 12 gold, 7 silver, and 8 bronze medals in table tennis at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games
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The Korean disabled table tennis team participated in the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games and achieved its best performance ever.
Disabled table tennis player Kim Hyun-wook (Gyeonggi Province Sports Association for the Disabled) won three gold medals at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games (Asian Para Games).
The pair of Kim Hyun-wook and Jang Young-jin (Seongnam City Hall) defeated Thailand's Thirayu Chuawong and Nithaut Tinatat with a set score of 3-0 (11-5 11-6 11-9) in the final match of the table tennis men's doubles (sport grade MD4) full league held at Sky Hall Toyota in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, Japan on the 23rd.
The two players won the gold medal by winning all four matches.
Kim Hyun-wook won his third gold medal in this tournament, following the men's singles on the 20th and the mixed doubles on the 22nd.
He achieved the best result in his first Asian Para Games.
Youngjin Jang won her second gold medal following mixed doubles.
The silver medal went to the pair of Park Jin-cheol and Kim Gyeong-hyeon (Seoul Sports Association for the Disabled), who recorded 3 wins and 1 loss.
The two players defeated India's Jehan Madan and Shubham Ward 3-0 (14-12 11-7 11-5) on this day.
After losing 1-3 to Kim Hyun-wook and Jang Young-jin on the 21st, the team of Park Jin-cheol and Kim Kyung-hyun won all three remaining games, recording 3 wins and 1 loss.
In the women's doubles (sports grade WD5) held on the same day, the pair of Jiyu Yoon (Seongnam City Hall) and Suyeon Seo (Gwangju City Hall) won.
The two players advanced to the finals by defeating the group of Liu Jing and Huang Zhirui (China) 3-2 (11-9 11-3 8-11 9-11 12-10) after five games of deuce, and defeated the group of Chilchitfaryak Bhuwansirina and Dararat Asayut (Thailand) 3-1 (11-3 11-4 4-11 11-2) in the finals. and won the gold medal.
Jiyu Yoon won three gold medals in the competition, including women's singles and mixed doubles.
Seo Soo-yeon, a three-time winner of the Hangzhou Games, won two gold medals in women's singles and doubles at this tournament.
In the table tennis women's doubles (sports grade WD10) held on the same day, the pair of Mi-gyu Lee (Ulsan Sports Association for the Disabled) and Young-ah Jeong (Seoul Sports Association for the Disabled) won the gold medal.
The two players recorded 3 wins and 1 loss in the full league, defeating Thailand's Vichatra Chaion-Vatsana Si Ngam group 3-0 (11-6 11-3 11-9).
The team of Lee Mi-gyu and Chung Young-ah were tied for wins and losses with the teams of Cha Zion and Si Ngam and Zhang Bian and Zhang Miao (China), but won the game by being ahead in game gains and losses (+7).
Lee Mi-gyu won two gold medals, including mixed doubles.
Youngah Jeong won three silver medals at the 2014 Incheon Games, and previously won a silver medal in women's singles and a bronze medal in mixed doubles at this competition.
Jeong Young-ah, who had always been disappointed at the last minute, finally rose to the top of the Asian Para Games podium for the first time.
Park Hong-gyu (Chungbuk Disabled Sports Association) and Hwang In-chun (Jangsu-gun Disabled Sports Association), who participated in the men's doubles (MD14), lost in the semifinals and won bronze medals.
North Korea's team of Jeon Ju-hyeon and Kim Young-rok, who participated in this event, also won a bronze medal.
Korean Para Table Tennis concluded its competition schedule with today's match.
The table tennis team achieved its best performance ever, winning a total of 27 medals, including 12 gold, 7 silver, and 8 bronze medals.
It far exceeded the target score of 7 gold medals, and also greatly exceeded the previous record of 9 gold medals set at the 2018 Indonesia and 2022 Hangzhou Games.

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