Yoo Byung-hoon (born June 30, 1972) is a

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from

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competing mainly in category T53 middle-distance events.

Career

Yoo competed at the

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. He competed in the T53 400m, T53 800m and the T54 1500m without medaling, he also competed in the South Korean teams in the 4 × 400 m and the bronze medal-winning 4 × 100 m team. Yoo also competed in the following games: * 2006 IPC Athletics World Championships in Assen, Netherlands. * 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships in

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* 2012 London Paralympic Games * 2013 IPC Athletics World Championshios in

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* 2016 Rio Paralympic Games * 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in

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* 2019 Dubai World Para Athletics Championships *

2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the Inte ...

References

Living people 1972 births Paralympic athletes for South Korea Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Paralympic bronze medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) South Korean wheelchair racers Medalists at the 2010 Asian Para Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Para Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Para Games Medalists at the 2022 Asian Para Games Asian Para Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Asian Para Games silver medalists for South Korea Asian Para Games bronze medalists for South Korea {{SouthKorea-Paralympic-medalist-stub