Yang Young-Ja

Yang Young-ja

Jung-Hwa and Young-Ja (right) at the 1988 Olympics
Personal information
Born	(1964-07-06) July 6, 1964 (age 53) Iksan, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport	Table tennis
Medal record Representing  South Korea Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Doubles World Championships 1987 New Delhi Doubles 1983 Tokyo Singles 1987 New Delhi Singles 1987 New Delhi Team 1985 Gothenburg Team 1987 New Delhi Mixed doubles Asian Games 1986 Seoul Team 1982 New Delhi Team 1982 New Delhi Singles 1986 Seoul Singles 1986 Seoul Doubles 1986 Seoul Mixed Doubles

Yang Young-Ja (Hangul: 양영자, Hanja: 梁英子; born July 6, 1964) is a retired female table tennis player from South Korea who won gold medals in women's doubles at the 1987 ITTF World Championships and the 1988 Summer Olympics, together with Hyun Jung-Hwa. She is also a two-time women's singles world champion runner-up in 1983 and 1987.

She retired right after the 1988 Summer Olympics, and currently resides in Seoul working as a table tennis coach responsible for the junior team of South Korea.