Yu Man-gyun

Yu Man-gyun
Yu in 2015
Personal information
Nationality South Korea
Born (1974-04-03) 3 April 1974 (age 50)
Korean name
Hangul
유만균
Revised RomanizationYu Mangyun
McCune–ReischauerYu Man'gyun
Medal record
Para ice hockey
Representing  South Korea
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 PyeongChang Team competition
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2012 Hamar Team competition
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Gangneung Team competition
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Ostrava Team competition
In this Korean name, the family name is Yu.

Yu Man-gyun (born 3 April 1974)[1] is a South Korean sledge hockey goalkeeper who used to be a wheelchair basketball player. During his career, he scored 2.66 goals and did .815 percentage of saves. In 2013, his save percentage was .894 despite the fact that his team lost 5–2 to Canada at the 2013 World Sledge Hockey Challenge. In 2012, he won silver medal at the 2012 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships which was hosted at Hamar, Norway.[2] Yu was a member of South Korea's bronze medal winning team in para ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Paralympics.

References

  1. ^ "PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Games - Official Results Book - Ice Hockey". Library.Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. 18 March 2018. YU Man Gyun: 3 APR 1974
  2. ^ "Man-Gyun Yu quietly joining group of elite goaltenders". IPC. January 23, 2014. Archived from the original on March 17, 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2014.


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