Insook Bhushan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Insook Bhushan

American Olympian table tennis player

Date of Birth: 17-Feb-1952

Place of Birth: Seoul, South Korea

Profession: table tennis player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Insook Bhushan

  • Insook Bhushan (born Na In-Sook, February 17, 1952) is a South Korea-born 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 United States, where her father had established an import-export business.
  • The following year, she married the architect Shekhar Bhushan and in 1980 became a US citizen.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.
  • In 1977, she won the women's singles title at the US Open.Bhushan returned to her birthplace for the 1988 Olympics, where she competed in women's singles and women's doubles.
  • She also competed in women's singles at the 1992 Olympics and represented the United States 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.Bhushan has a degree in accounting from the University of Colorado at Denver and works as an accountant in the Colorado Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.
  • She has two sons, Austin (born in 1980) and Kevin (born in 1985).

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