Kim Taek-Soo (, born May 25, 1970) is a former
table tennis
Table tennis (also known as ping-pong) is a racket sport derived from tennis but distinguished by its playing surface being atop a stationary table, rather than the Tennis court, court on which players stand. Either individually or in teams of ...
player from
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...
. He used a one-sided
penhold style, compared to the newer style of reverse-backhand looping that has become the Chinese penhold standard.
In 2010, it was announced that Taek-Soo would succeed
Yoo Nam-Kyu
Yoo Nam-kyu (born June 4, 1968) is a former table tennis player from South Korea who competed in the 1988, the 1992 and in the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Table tennis career Olympics
In 1988 he won the gold medal in the men's singles and the bronz ...
as head coach of South Korea's national table tennis team, with the date of the change unknown.
He married archer
Kim Jo-sun in 2000.
References
External links
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Kim Taek-soo at databaseOlympics.com
1970 births
Living people
South Korean male table tennis players
Table tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Table tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Table tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic table tennis players for South Korea
Olympic bronze medalists for South Korea
Olympic medalists in table tennis
Asian Games medalists in table tennis
Table tennis players at the 1990 Asian Games
Table tennis players at the 1994 Asian Games
Table tennis players at the 1998 Asian Games
Table tennis players at the 2002 Asian Games
Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea
Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea
Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea
Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games
Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games
Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
South Korean table tennis coaches
Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Gwangsan Kim clan
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