Pak Yung-sun

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1956|08|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Sakchu County, North Pyongan

| death_date = {{death date and age|1987|07|14|1956|08|22|df=y}}

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| club = February 8 Sports Club

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{{Infobox Korean name|context=north|hangul=박영순|hanja=朴英順|mr=Pak Yŏng-sun|rr=Bak Yeong-sun}}

Pak Yung-sun ({{Korean|context=north|hangul=박영순}}; 22 August 1956 – 14 July 1987), People's Athlete and Labor Hero,{{Cite web | title = The Immortal Youth | work=Naenara | date = 25 March 2016 | access-date = 18 February 2016 | url = http://www.naenara.com.kp/en/society/?sport+2+2950 }} was an international table tennis player from North Korea. She represented the Korean People's Army's February 8 Sports Club.{{Cite book | title = History of U.S. Table Tennis | volume = VI | last = Boggan | first = Tim | chapter = Chapter 33 | date = 2008 | access-date = 3 June 2018 | url = http://www.usatt.net/articles/history08/history08_33.shtml | archive-date = 21 March 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200321015016/http://www.usatt.net/articles/history08/history08_33.shtml | url-status = dead }}

Table tennis career

File:Pak Yung Sun wearing Koyo Bear Sharpman Table Tennis Shoe.png

From 1974 to 1981 she won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Asian Table Tennis Championships and in the World Table Tennis Championships.{{cite web |url=http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=5386 |title=ITTF_Database - PAK Yung Sun (PRK) |author= |website=ittf.com |access-date=17 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175304/http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=5386 |archive-date=3 March 2016 }}

The five World Championship medals{{cite web|url=http://sports123.com/tte/index.html|title=Table Tennis World Championship medal winners|publisher=Sports123|access-date=2018-02-28|archive-date=2018-09-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922055935/http://sports123.com/tte/index.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://tabletennis.guide/profile.php?name=yung-sun-pak-127355|title=Profile|publisher=Table Tennis Guide}} included two gold medals in the singles at the 1975 World Table Tennis Championships and 1977 World Table Tennis Championships.{{cite book|last=Montague|first=Trevor|title=A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700|year=2004|publisher=The Bath Press|isbn=0-316-72645-1}}{{cite book|last=Matthews/Morrison|first=Peter/Ian|title=The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312|year=1987|publisher=Guinness Superlatives|isbn=0-85112-492-5|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/guinnessencyclop00matt}}

She is buried at the Patriotic Martyrs' Cemetery.{{cite news |author= |title=DPRK's Sports Aces (6) - World table-tennis queen Pak Yong Sun |url=http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2014/201403/news03/20140303-18ee.html |newspaper=Korean Central News Agency |location=Pyongyang |date=3 March 2014 |access-date=17 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011173648/http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2014/201403/news03/20140303-18ee.html |archive-date=11 October 2014 |url-status=dead }}

Pak Yung-sun

Table tennis career

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