The Korean Table Tennis Association has appointed two Olympic champions as its new executive vice presidents

The Korea Table Tennis Association will form a new executive department consisting of the table tennis "legend" and head coach of the Korea Equestrian Club Hyun Jeong-hwa (56) and the head coach of the Korea Exchange Yoo Nam-kyu (57). On the 13th, Coach Hyunjeong Nai Jeong-jeong and Coach Yoo Nam-kyu of the Korean Table Tennis Association were the chief vice president and vice president of practice respectively.

Coach Hyun Jinghe (left) and coach Yoo Nam-kui, who have been designated as the chief vice president and vice president of the table tennis association.

Hyun Jung-hwa, the chief vice president, and Yoo Nam-kyu, the vice president of practice, will be officially elected after approval by the association's representative meeting held on the 14th. Hyun Kyung-ho, the chief vice president, will be in charge of external business such as publicity, and Yoo Nam-kui, the vice president of practice, will serve as the current special manager and be in charge of the association's administrative affairs.

In December 2020, when Yoo Seungmin, the new president of Korean Sports, was successfully re-elected as the president of the Korean Table Tennis Association, the two also served as vice presidents together. At that time, Kim Taek-so (55), director of Mirae Asset Securities, was in charge of the day-to-day affairs of the association.

Hyun Jeong-wha won the women's doubles gold medal with Yang Young-ja at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul (Seoul).

Hyun Jinghe and Liu Nam-kui are "legends" in the Korean table tennis world. Hyun won the women's doubles gold medal with Yang Young-ja at the 1988 Seoul Olympics and won the women's singles title at the World Championships in Gothenburg in 1993, where she was known as the "Queen of Table Tennis".

In addition, Yoo Nam-kyu was the "table tennis hero" who won the men's singles gold medal at the 1988 Seoul (Seoul) Olympics, where table tennis was first listed as an Olympic sport.

Liu Nam-kyu won the men's singles gold medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul (Seoul), where table tennis was first included as an Olympic sport

The pair competed as a mixed doubles pair at the 1989 World Championships in Dortmund, winning gold together, and after retiring as national team coaches and coaches. Hyun also serves as the executive chairman of the Gangneung World Masters 2026 Organizing Committee, and Yoo Nam-kyu also serves as the chairman of the Korean Table Tennis Association's Athletic Ability Improvement Committee.