Jang_Woo-jin
Jang Woo-jin
South Korean table tennis player
Jang Woo-jin (born 10 September 1995) is a South Korean table tennis player.[2]
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| Born | (1995-09-10) 10 September 1995 (age 28) Sokcho, South Korea[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing style | Right-handed, shakehand attacking[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 8 (4 July 2023)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 14 (20 February 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps (KTTL)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Junior
Jang started playing international matches from the South Korean cadet boys' team in 2009 – Bahrain Junior Open held in Manama, Bahrain.[4] He won boys' singles title at the 2013 World Junior Table Tennis Championships.
2018
He won the gold medal in 2018 Korea Open held at Daejeon, South Korea without even having been a seeded player at the start of the tournament.[5] He became the first-ever ITTF World Tour triple crown winner in this event as well by also winning gold medals in men's doubles and mixed doubles.[5]
2020
In 2020 ITTF Men's World Cup, he was seeded at 12 and managed to reach up to semi-finals.[6] Within a week from this world cup, in 2020 ITTF Finals, he was seeded at 14 and managed to reach semi-finals again.[7]
2021
Jang Woojin represented South Korea at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after qualifying by virtue of being the highest ranked Korean player.[8] In March, Jang played in the WTT Star Contender event at WTT Doha, but he suffered a disappointing round of 32 exit to Ruwen Filus.[9]
Jang lost 4–3 to Hugo Calderano in the round of 16 in the men's singles event in the Tokyo Olympics.[10]
| Year | Tournament | Final opponent | Score | Ref |
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| 2016 | ITTF World Tour, Belarus Open |  Grigory Vlasov |
4–3 | [11] |
| 2018 | ITTF World Tour Platinum, Korea Open |  Liang Jingkun |
4–0 | [12] |
| 2022 | WTT Feeder Otocec | Xiang Peng |
4–3 | [13] |
| WTT Contender Muscat | Liang Yanning |
4–3 | [14] |
- "JANG WO JIN". KTTL (in Korean). Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- "JANG WOO Jin | Victas Advisory Staff". Archived from the original on 22 November 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- "Ranking History". results.ittf.link. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- "Player matches". Archived from the original on 22 November 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- "Another fairy tale on the horizon for Jang Woojin?". 26 June 2019. Archived from the original on 27 June 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- "Dishang 2020 ITTF Men's World Cup: Final Day". 15 November 2020. Archived from the original on 21 November 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- "Bank of Communications 2020 ITTF Finals: Day Three". ittf.com. 21 November 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- "Korean Olympic Trials Day 4: Lee Sangsu Qualifies for 2021 Tokyo Olympics – Edges and Nets". edgesandnets.com. 4 February 2021. Archived from the original on 2 March 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- "Top 6 Storylines Following Round of 32 At WTT Star Contender". edgesandnets.com. 10 March 2021. Archived from the original on 10 March 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- "Hugo Calderano Defeats Jang Woojin 4–3 – Edges and Nets". edgesandnets.com. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- "Players matches". ittf.com. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- "Review Final Day: Jang Woojin makes World Tour history in Daejeon as tournament closes in style". ittf.com. 22 July 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- "WTT Feeder Otocec 2022". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- "WTT Contender Muscat 2022". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
