Insook Bhushan, born Na In-Sook, is a Korean-American table tennis player. She was a member of the South Korean women's team that won the bronze medal at the 1971 World Championships. At the 1973 World Championships, she was limited to the role of "non-playing captain" of the gold medal-winning South Korean women's team. In 1974, she emigrated to the USA, where her father had established an import-export business.[1] The following year, she married the architect Shekhar Bhushan and in 1980 became a US citizen.[2]
Between 1976 and 1991, Bhushan dominated the US National Championships, winning the title in women's singles 11 times, women's doubles 11 times, and mixed doubles 8 times.[3] In 1977, she won the women's singles title at the US Open.[4]
Bhushan returned to her birthplace for the 1988 Olympics, where she competed in women's singles and women's doubles.[5] She also competed in women's singles at the 1992 Olympics and represented the USA in 6 World Championships. She participated in 3 Pan American Games, winning 8 gold medals (including 3 consecutive gold medals in women's singles) and 1 silver medal.
Bhushan retired from competition after the 1992 Olympics and was inducted into the USATT Hall of Fame in 1993.[6]
Bhushan has a degree in accounting from the University of Colorado at Denver[7] and works as an accountant in the Colorado Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.[8] She has two sons, Austin (born in 1980) and Kevin (born in 1985).
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- ↑ Myslenski, Skip "Journey To Seoul Has Special Meaning For This Athlete", Chicago Tribune, June 13, 1988
- ↑ Hummer, Steve "An Asian Divided: American Table Tennis Player Was Born In Korea, But She Doesn`t See It Like A Native", SunSentinel, September 21, 1988
- ↑ "US National Champions".
- ↑ "US Open Champions".
- ↑ Vecsey, George "America's Best in Table Tennis Goes Home Again", New York Times, September 26, 1988
- ↑ "USATT Hall of Fame Profile". Retrieved January 17, 2014.
- ↑ Rognstad, Aaron "Former US table tennis national champion paddles numbers", Colorado National Guard Public Affairs, April 8, 2010
- ↑ "Department of Military and Veterans Affairs Staff Directory". Retrieved January 17, 2014.
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Bhushan, Insook |
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Na, In-Sook |
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American Olympian table tennis player |
| Date of birth |
1952-02-17 |
| Place of birth |
Seoul, South Korea |
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