Hyun Jung-hwa

Hyun Jung-hwa (; born October 6, 1969, in Busan, South Korea) is a retired table tennis player from South Korea who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, and in the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Career National South Korean table tennis player Hyun Jung-Hwa brought about the golden age of table tennis to Korea. She is one of an elite group of players who have won at least one gold medal in every discipline they were eligible to compete in at the World Table Tennis Championships.

Notable achievements Hall of Fame Inductee, International Table Tennis Federation Executive Director, Korea Table Tennis Association Table Tennis Director, Korean Racing Authority Head Coach, South Korean national team

In popular culture

Film The story of the Unified Korean team in the 1991 World Championships and its victory over the Chinese in the women's team event is told by the movie As One starring actress Ha Ji-won as Hyun Jung-Hwa.

Television appearances 2020: King of Mask Singer (MBC), contestant as "Libra" (episode 251) 2021: Hospital Playlist Season 2 (tvN), cameo. Yulje hospital hosts a departmental table tennis tournament every year. Hyun appears as one of the Department of Nuclear Medicine doctors, and easily wins the championship with her partner, Joo Sae-hyuk. (episode 9) 2022: National University is National University (MBN, 2022); Participant