Pak Yung-sun belongs to the record of table tennis as a competitor whose results still define part of the sport.
The record lists Pak Yung-sun as North Korean female table tennis player (1957–1988).
Pak Yung-sun was born at Sakchu County in 1956. Her recorded nationality is North Korea.
By this period sport was fully international, televised and politicised, and an athlete's reach extended far past the field of play.
She represented February 8 Sports Club.
She competed at 1975 World Table Tennis Championships and 1977 World Table Tennis Championships.
In sport the margin between the remembered and the forgotten is often a fraction of a second.
Her record includes the Hero of Labor.
That the career was built from North Korea matters: facilities, coaching and funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide who ever reaches the start line.
Pak Yung-sun died in 1987, aged 31. The results remain in the record, which is the only permanent form of an athletic career.
Achievements
- Represented February 8 Sports Club
- Competed at 1975 World Table Tennis Championships and 1977 World Table Tennis Championships
- Discipline: table tennis
