TABLE TENNIS PLAYER

Kim Taek-soo

1970 - Today

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Kim Taek-Soo (Korean: 김택수; Hanja: 金擇洙, born May 25, 1970) is a former table tennis player from South Korea. 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 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Kim Taek-soo is the 43rd most popular table tennis player (down from 40th in 2024), the 646th most popular biography from South Korea (down from 542nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular South Korean Table Tennis Player.

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Among TABLE TENNIS PLAYERS

Among table tennis players, Kim Taek-soo ranks 43 out of 107. Before him are Peter Karlsson, Kalinikos Kreanga, Ulf Bengtsson, He Zhiwen, Ryu Seung-min, and Hyun Jung-hwa. After him are Jiang Jialiang, Michael Maze, Jörg Roßkopf, Wang Nan, Fan Zhendong, and Wang Tao.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Kim Taek-soo ranks 548. Before him are Valérie Bonneton, Kenichi Shimokawa, Shepard Fairey, Dan Eggen, Brigita Bukovec, and Leontien van Moorsel. After him are Albert Tomàs, Karla Homolka, Jennifer Gareis, Alejandra Barros, Judith Hermann, and Joël Abati.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Kim Taek-soo ranks 646 out of 1,128. Before him are Jung Eun-ji (1993), Yoo Seung-jun (1976), Kim Seol-hyun (1995), Hyun Jung-hwa (1969), Min Hyo-rin (1986), and Jin Goo (1980). After him are Kwon Eun-bi (1995), Oh Ji-ho (1976), Yeon Jung-hoon (1978), Kim Min-jung (1982), Viktor An (1985), and Choi Young-il (1966).

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Among TABLE TENNIS PLAYERS In South Korea

Among table tennis players born in South Korea, Kim Taek-soo ranks 5. Before him are Yoo Nam-kyu (1968), Joo Sae-hyuk (1980), Ryu Seung-min (1982), and Hyun Jung-hwa (1969). After him are Lee Chul-seung (1972), Ahn Jae-hyung (1965), Oh Sang-eun (1977), Yang Young-ja (1964), Hong Cha-ok (1970), Kim Kyung-ah (1977), and Park Mi-young (1981).

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