Yoon Ji-yu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Yongin, [1] Gyeonggi, South Korea | 28 December 2000||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing style | Right-handed shakehand grip | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | 2 (October 2019) [3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 3 (February 2020) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yoon Ji-yu ( Korean: 윤지유; RR: Yun Jiyu, born 28 December 2000 [4]) is a South Korean para table tennis player. She won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, [5] before her 16th birthday.
She became paralyzed when she was 28 months old. Her paralysis was caused by spinal cord infarction. [6] She has a twin sibling. [7]