Lee Chul-Seung
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Lee Chul-Seung (Hangul
: 이철승, Hanja
: 李哲承) (born June 29, 1972) is a male former table tennis
player from South Korea
. At the 1992 Summer Olympics
in Barcelona
he won the bronze medal in the men's doubles this time together with Kang Hee-Chan
. Four years later he won the bronze medal in the men's doubles again together with Yoo Nam-Kyu
at the 1996 Summer Olympics
in Atlanta, United States
.
He is best known as one of the top doubles players in South Korea for most of the 1990s and into the early 2000s, teaming up with six different partners.
Hangul
Hangul,Pronounced or ; Korean: 한글 Hangeul/Han'gŭl or 조선글 Chosŏn'gŭl/Joseongeul the Korean alphabet, is the native alphabet of the Korean language. It is a separate script from Hanja, the logographic Chinese characters which are also sometimes used to write Korean...
: 이철승, Hanja
Hanja
Hanja is the Korean name for the Chinese characters hanzi. More specifically, it refers to those Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated into the Korean language with Korean pronunciation...
: 李哲承) (born June 29, 1972) is a male former table tennis
Table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...
player from South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
. At the 1992 Summer Olympics
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...
in Barcelona
Barcelona
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he won the bronze medal in the men's doubles this time together with Kang Hee-Chan
Kang Hee-Chan
Kang Hee-Chan is a male former table tennis player from South Korea. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona he won the bronze medal in the men's doubles this time together with Lee Chul-Seung.-External links:*...
. Four years later he won the bronze medal in the men's doubles again together with Yoo Nam-Kyu
Yoo Nam-Kyu
Yoo Nam-Kyu is a male former table tennis player from South Korea who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, in the 1992 Summer Olympics, and in the 1996 Summer Olympics....
at the 1996 Summer Olympics
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....
in Atlanta, United States
United States
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He is best known as one of the top doubles players in South Korea for most of the 1990s and into the early 2000s, teaming up with six different partners.