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{{Short description|South Korean table tennis player (born 1982)}}
{{other people|Yu Seung-min}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2012}}
{{family name hatnote|Ryu||lang=Korean}}
{{Infobox table tennis player
| name             = Ryu Seung-min
| image            = Table tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Athlete Role Model's on Singles final day 10 (cropped).jpg
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| nationality      = {{KOR}}
| playingstyle     = Right-handed, [[Table tennis styles#Japanese Penhold|Japanese Penhold]]
| equipment        = 
| hrank            = 2 (September 2004)<ref name="wr">{{cite web |url=http://www.ittf.com/ittf_ranking/world_ranking_per_name.asp?Player_ID=108098&U18=0&U21=0&Siniors=1& |title=ITTF world ranking |publisher=International Table Tennis Federation |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819134054/http://www.ittf.com/ittf_ranking/world_ranking_per_name.asp?Player_ID=108098&U18=0&U21=0&Siniors=1& |archive-date=August 19, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
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| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|1982|08|05|df=y}}<ref name="profile">{{cite web |url=http://www.ittf.com/biography/biography_web_details.asp?Player_ID=108098 |title=ITTF player's profile |publisher=International Table Tennis Federation |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616211806/http://www.ittf.com/biography/biography_web_details.asp?Player_ID=108098 |archive-date=June 16, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
| birth_place      = [[Seoul]], South Korea
| death_date       = 
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| height           = 178 cm
| weight           = 73 kg
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[table tennis]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{KOR}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Table tennis at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]] | [[Table tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Singles]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]] | [[Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's team|Team]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]] | [[Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's team|Team]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Table Tennis Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2006 World Team Table Tennis Championships|2006 Bremen]] | [[2006 World Team Table Tennis Championships|Team]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2008 World Team Table Tennis Championships|2008 Guangzhou]] | [[2008 World Team Table Tennis Championships|Team]] }}
{{MedalBronze | 2001 Osaka | Team }}
{{MedalBronze | 2004 Doha | Team }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2007 World Table Tennis Championships|2007 Zagreb]] | Singles }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2010 World Team Table Tennis Championships|2010 Moscow]] | Team }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2012 World Team Table Tennis Championships|2012 Dortmund]] | [[2012 World Team Table Tennis Championships – Men's team|Team]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Table Tennis World Cup|World Cup]] }}
{{MedalSilver | 2007 Barcelona | Singles }}
{{MedalSilver | 2009 Linz | Team }}
{{MedalSilver | 2011 Magdeburg | Team }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Asian Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2002 Asian Games|2002 Busan]] | [[Table tennis at the 2002 Asian Games|Doubles]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2002 Asian Games|2002 Busan]] | [[Table tennis at the 2006 Asian Games|Team]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2002 Asian Games|2002 Busan]] | [[Table tennis at the 2006 Asian Games|Mixed Doubles]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2006 Asian Games|2006 Doha]] | [[Table tennis at the 2006 Asian Games|Team]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2006 Asian Games|2006 Doha]] | [[Table tennis at the 2006 Asian Games|Singles]] }}
}}
{{Infobox Korean name/auto|hangul=%유승민|hanja=柳承敏|ipa={{IPA|ko|ju.sɯŋ.min|}}}}

'''Ryu Seung-min''' ({{Korean|hangul=유승민}}; {{IPA|ko|ju.sɯŋ.min}}; born August 5, 1982) is a South Korean [[table tennis]] player who won the gold medal at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] in the men's singles competition.<ref name="profile" /><ref name="Olympics">{{cite sports-reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/yu/yu-seung-min-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204227/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/yu/yu-seung-min-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Yu Seung-Min}}</ref> His opponent was [[Wang Hao (table tennis, born 1983)|Wang Hao]], a top-seeded player from the Chinese national team. Along the way, he defeated 1992 Olympic champion [[Jan-Ove Waldner]] with 4–1. At the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics he was part of the South Korean team that won the bronze and silver medals respectively.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.olympic.org/olympic-results/beijing-2008/table-tennis/team-m| title = Beijing 2008 Team men Results - Olympic table-tennis}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.olympic.org/olympic-results/london-2012/table-tennis/team-m| title = London 2012 Team men Results - Olympic table-tennis}}</ref> Ryu is ranked twenty-fifth in the world as of July 2013.<ref name="wr" /> In 2016, Ryu became a member of the [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC), he was a member and Chair of the Athletes' Commission of the South Korean National Olympic Committee from 2016 to 2019.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.olympic.org/mr-seung-min-ryu | title=Seung min Ryu | last= | first= | website=The International Olympic Committee | date= | accessdate=3 March 2021 }}</ref> Since 2018, he counts among the ITTF Foundation Ambassadors, promoting sport for development and peace.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Our Ambassadors - ITTF Foundation|url=https://www.ittffoundation.org/about-us/our-ambassadors|access-date=2021-05-10|website=www.ittffoundation.org}}</ref>

In March 2022, Ryu signed with World Star Entertainment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=021&aid=0002507449|author=Ahn Jin-young|title=남자 탁구 전설' 유승민, 남현희와 한솥밥…월드스타와 계약|trans-title=Legend of Men’s Table Tennis’ Yoo Seung-min, Nam Hyun-hee and Han Pot Rice… contract with world star|publisher=[[Munhwa Ilbo]]|via=[[Naver]]|date=March 24, 2022|access-date= March 24, 2022|language=ko}}</ref>

== Style ==
Ryu Seung-min plays penhold style. Unlike players like [[Ma Lin (table tennis)|Ma Lin]] and [[Wang Hao (table tennis, born 1983)|Wang Hao]], Ryu never uses the backside of his blade – in fact, he does not even have rubber on it. Ryu relies on his outstanding footwork, explosive forehand loops and drives to win points. For some time he used Xiom (South Korea) table paddles and rubbers playing with his signature model "Ryu Seung Min Special" penhold and has been using ProZRSM ever since his victory at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]]. Lately he switched again to Butterfly (Japan) equipment and now he uses their Ryu Seung-min G-Max blade with Tenergy 05.

As of December 1, 2012, he is ranked 20th in the world. His top ranking was world number 2 in September 2004, and since November 2001 he was always in top 25 of the ITTF world ranking list.

==Career records==
'''Singles''' <small>(as of April 9, 2015)</small><ref name="stats">{{cite web |url=http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=6135 |title=ITTF Statistics |publisher=International Table Tennis Federation |access-date=2011-01-17}}</ref>
* [[Table tennis at the Summer Olympics|Olympics]]: Gold medal (2004).<ref name="Olympics" />
* [[World Table Tennis Championships|World Championships]]: SF (2007).
* [[Table Tennis World Cup|World Cup]] appearances: 5. Record: runner-up (2007).
* [[ITTF Pro Tour|Pro Tour]] winner (3): Egypt, USA Open 2004; Chile Open 2008.<br /> Runner-up (4): Swedish Open 2001; Brazil Open 2002; Japan Open 2005; Slovenian Open 2007; Kuwait Open 2012.
* [[ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals|Pro Tour Grand Finals]] appearances: 9. Record: SF (2003, 05, 10).
* [[Asian Games]]: SF (2006).
* [[Asian Table Tennis Championships|Asian Championships]]: SF (2003).

'''Men's doubles'''
* Olympics: 4th (2000).
* World Championships: QF (2001, 05, 09).
* Pro Tour winner (8): China (Qingdao) Open 2002; Croatian, Egypt, USA Open 2004; Korea Open 2005; Chinese Taipei Open 2006; Kuwait Open 2007; Brazil Open 2012.<br /> Runner-up (4): China (Changchun) Open 2000; Korea Open 2010; Austrian Open 2010; Japan Open 2012.
* Pro Tour Grand Finals appearances: 4. Record: SF (2012).
* Asian Games: winner (2002).
* Asian Championships: SF (2005).

'''Mixed doubles'''
* World Championships: QF (2003).
* Asian Games: runner-up (2002).

'''Team'''
* Olympics: 3rd (2008), 2nd (2012).
* World Championships: 2nd (2006, 08); 3rd (2001, 04, 10, 12).
* [[Table Tennis World Cup|World Team Cup]]: 2nd (2009); 3rd (2007).
* Asian Games: 2nd (2002, 06).
* Asian Championships: 2nd (2005).

== Filmography ==

=== Television show ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Network
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" | Notes
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|-
! scope="row" | 2022
| ''All Table Tennis!''
| tvN
| Coach
| 
| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=076&aid=0003832278|author=Moon Ji-yeon|title=올 탁구나!' 이진호·강승윤·신예찬·이태환, 멤버 완성..포스터 공개|trans-title='All table tennis!' Lee Jin-ho, Kang Seung-yoon, Shin Ye-chan, Lee Tae-hwan, members completed.. Poster released |publisher=[[Sports Chosun]]|via=[[Naver]]|date=February 15, 2022|access-date= February 15, 2022|language=ko}}</ref> 
|}

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{ITTF|108098|RYU Seungmin}}
** {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170111090209/http://www.old.ittf.com/biography/biography_web_details.asp?Player_ID=108098 |date=January 11, 2017 |title=RYU Seungmin at old.ittf.com}}
** {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140802163022/http://www.ittfranking.com/cgi-bin/ttplayer.cgi?number=108098&lang=0&format=summary |date=August 2, 2014 |title=RYU Seungmin at ittfranking.com}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|mr-seung-min-ryu|Seung Min RYU}}

{{Footer Olympic Champions Table Tennis Singles Men}}
{{Footer Asian Games Champions Table Tennis Doubles Men}}

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