Career
National South Korean table tennis player Hyun Jung-Hwa brought about the golden age of table tennis to of Korea. Her first gold medal came in the women"s doubles (partnering Yang Young-Ja) at the 1987 World Table Tennis Championships in New Delhi. She followed it up by winning the mixed doubles title with Yoo Nam-Kyu at the 1989 World Table Tennis Championships in Dortmund.
During 1988 Seoul Olympics, she led the South Korean team to victory against the unbeatable Chinese team
In 2011, she became the first Korean table tennis player to be inducted into the International Table Tennis Federation"s Hall of Fame.