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Ryu Seung-min

Ryu Seung-min (유승민) is president of the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee and a former table-tennis player who won men's singles gold at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

Ryu Seung-min
Ryu Seung-min at the 2012 London Olympics. · Joel Solomon / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · used unchanged · · License
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Role

Executive · President of the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee[1]

Affiliation

Korean Sport & Olympic Committee · elected January 2025[1]

Signature achievement

2004 Athens Olympic men's singles table-tennis gold medalist

The Korean Sport & Olympic Committee lists Ryu's gold medal in its official IOC-member history.[2]

PTG Database Analysis

Ryu’s profile combines sports administration with a documented competitive record. The Korean Sport & Olympic Committee lists him as its president and records his gold medal in men’s singles table tennis at the 2004 Athens Olympics.[1][2]

His relevance to games and esports policy is institutional: the culture minister identified him as a counterpart for discussions on support for Korean-developed games at sports competitions. That policy discussion does not establish a personal commercial role or an esports appointment.

References3
  1. [1]Korean Sport & Olympic Committee · Officials directory — Current official listing of Ryu as committee president.
  2. [2]Korean Sport & Olympic Committee · IOC members history — Official record of Ryu's Olympic gold medal and IOC membership.
  3. [3]Wikimedia Commons · Ryu Seung-min portrait (CC BY 2.0) — A clearly dated 2012 portrait extracted from a South Korean team photograph; the original file is used unchanged.

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