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Born | South Korea | 16 February 1959|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing style | Right-handed shakehand grip | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | 7 (January 2008) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Choi Hyun-ja ( Korean: 최현자; RR: Choe Hyeonja, born 16 February 1959 [3]) is a South Korean retired para table tennis player. She won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics [4] at age 53.
Her disability was caused by an accident when she was around ten years old. She began playing in 1992, and was the first female para table tennis player in South Korea. [5]