Hyun Sook-hee
Korean spelling | |
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Hangeul | 현숙희 |
Hanja | 玄 淑姬 |
Revised Romanization |
Hyeon Sukhui |
McCune- Reischauer |
Hyŏn Sukhŭi |
Hyun Sook-hee (born March 3, 1971 ) is a former South Korean judoka . She won an Olympic silver medal in the half light weight.
Career
Hyun Sook-hee took seventh place at the 1993 World Championships . In the same year she won her first title at the Asian Championships. At the Asian Games in 1994 she won the final against Atsuko Takeda from Japan . Two months later, she won a bronze medal at the World Student Championships. As in 1993, Hyun also finished seventh at the 1995 World Championships .
In the summer of 1996 she defeated the Argentine Carolina Mariani through Ippon in the quarter-finals of the Olympic Games in Atlanta . In the semifinals she won over the Cuban Legna Verdecia by punishing the Cuban (chui). In the final, Marie-Claire Restoux from France won a small score (yuko). At the 1997 World Championships in Paris, Hyun lost in her first fight to the North Korean Kye Sun-hui . With four wins in the Hope Round, Hyun secured a bronze medal.
Web links
- Hyun Sook-hee in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Tournament results at judoinside.com
Footnotes
- ↑ The year of birth 1971 comes from the Olympic database SportsReference, the judoinside.com site mentions 1973 as the year of birth.
- ↑ Asian Games 1994 at judoinside.com
- ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 . P. 759f
- ↑ Match balance at judoinside.com
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Hyun Sook-hee |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 현숙희 (Hangeul) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South Korean judoka |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1971 |