At the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics he was part of the South Korean team that won the bronze and silver medals respectively.

Unlike players like Ma Lin and 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.