Ryu Seung-min
Ryu Seung- min (born 5 August 1982 Seoul / South Korea) is a South Korean table tennis player. The XXVIII. 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, he won the gold medal in men's singles. In the final on 23 August 2004, the then world number three Ryu defeated the Chinese world ranking fourth Wang Hao 4-2 sets.
The national team is married and has a son (* 2012).
Previous clubs
- Shenghe Sichuan (China) ( 2001-2002), Chinese Super League
- Samsung Life Insurance Co. (South Korea)
- SVS Lower Austria
- G.V. Hennebont T.T. ( FRA )
- Zagreb ( until 2012).
- TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen (from 2012/2013 ).
Game system
Attack, right-handed, classical penholder
International success
Olympic games
- 2008 - Olympic Games in Beijing: Team Bronze Medal
- 2004 - Olympic Games in Athens / Greece: Olympic champion in men's singles and the quarterfinals in the men's doubles (together with Lee Chul- seung )
- 2000 - Olympic Games in Sydney / Australia: Last 32 in the men's singles and No. 3 in men's doubles
European Champions League
- Winners of the European Champions League: 2007/2008
World Championships
- 2007 - World Championship in Zagreb / Croatia: 3rd place individual
- 2004 - World Championship in Doha / Qatar: 3rd place with the South Korean team
- 2003 - World Cup in Paris / France: Last 64 in the men's singles, second round in men's doubles and mixed doubles quarterfinals
- 2001 - World Championship in Osaka / Japan: Last 64 in the men 's singles quarter-finals in the men's doubles, mixed doubles final in the 128 and 3rd place with the South Korean team
- 2000 - World Cup in Kuala Lumpur / Malaysia: 5th place with the South Korean team
- 1999 - World Cup in Eindhoven / Netherlands: Last 64 in the men's singles and men's doubles, mixed doubles in the last 32
- 1997 - World Cup in Manchester / UK: Last 128 in the men's singles and men's doubles in the last 64
World Cup
- 2003 - Quarter-finals
- 2007 - Final
Asian Championships
- 2003 - the semi-final in men's singles and the quarterfinals in the men's doubles
- 2000 - first knockout round in men's singles and the quarterfinals in the men's doubles
Asian Games
- 2002 - Winner of the men's doubles, mixed doubles and second in the second with the South Korean team
Title profits on the ITTF Pro Tour
- 2008 - Chile: winner in men's singles
- 2004 - Egypt: winner in men's singles and men's doubles
- 2004 - Croatia: winner in men's doubles
- 2004 - USA: winner in men's singles and men's doubles
- 2002 - PRC: winner in men's doubles
Results from the ITTF database