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| Source=Yoo Seung Min, president-elect of the Korea Sports Council SNS |
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Yoo Seung Min's 43-year-old president-elect met and encouraged Jeon Ji-hee (33), a junior member of the 'Women's Table Tennis National Team who announced his retirement.
President-elect Yoo expressed his gratitude to Jeon Ji-hee, who stopped by RSM Sports office in Yangjae-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul on the 25th for the Lunar New Year's greeting. The 'Veteran left-handed ace' Jeon Ji-hee showed his best performance during Yoo's term as president of the Korea Table Tennis Association. He led the renaissance of women's table tennis by forming a fantastic doubles group with Shin Yu-bin. As a former member of the IOC Athletes Commission, Yoo, who was more active than anyone else for junior and retired athletes, expressed his special gratitude by posting a photo of himself with Jeon Ji-hee on his SNS account after he returned home in the New Year. "Ji-hee, you've been through so much." I am so grateful and so proud of you for your great performance as a member of the Korean national team. I will support your future in the future! Korea's national team, Jeon Ji Hee, fighting!," he wrote. With the hashtag `#Jeon Ji-hee #Retired #BestPlayer', he gave praise to his junior colleagues at Korea National University.
Jeon Ji-hee also immediately posted a photo with Yoo. "It's so cool!!Chairman Yoo!!I'll continue to support you!! Thank you!with a line "
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Jeon Ji-hee, a former member of China's national youth team, is an exemplary example of a naturalized player. He became a naturalized player in 2011 with a dream of becoming an Olympic and world championship player and did not miss the national flag as an example of a sincere athlete. She won her first medal in 16 years in women's team events at the 2016 Rio Olympics, 2021 Tokyo and 2024 Paris Olympics, participated in three Asian Games, including Incheon in 2014, 2018 and 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, winning her first gold medal in 28 years in the women's doubles at the Hangzhou Games with Shin Yu-bin 'Takgu Shindong', and won a total of one gold medal and five bronze medals (single 1, group 2, mixed 2). He announced his retirement from the national team after winning the bronze medal in the team event at the 2018 Halmstad World Championships, the silver in the women's doubles at the 2023 Durban World Championships, and the medal he was desperate for at the Paris Olympics and the only Olympic medal he failed to win. He has also registered his marriage to Shuker, a longtime lover and personal coach, and returned the national flag last November after participating in the mixed group World Cup, and is currently living in China. Jeon Ji-hee is scheduled to participate in the Women's Singles at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Singapore Smash, which will be held from the 30th, right after the Lunar New Year holiday, to the 9th of next month.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
