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

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. 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.

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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 {{SouthKorea-tabletennis-bio-stub