Yang Young-ja

Personal information
Born	6 July 1964 (age 61); Iksan, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport	Table tennis
Medal record
Representing South Korea
Olympic Games
World Championships
Asian Games
Representing South Korea
Olympic Games
World Championships
Asian Games
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Yang Young-Ja (Korean: 양영자; Hanja: 梁英子; RR: Yang Yeong-ja; born July 6, 1964) is a retired female table tennis player from South Korea.^[1]

Table tennis career

She won gold medals in women's doubles at the 1987 ITTF World Championships^[2]^[3] and the 1988 Summer Olympics, together with Hyun Jung-Hwa. She is also a two-time women's singles world champion runner-up in 1983 and 1987.^[4]^[5]

She retired right after the 1988 Summer Olympics, and currently resides in Seoul working as a table tennis coach responsible for the junior team of South Korea.