Lee In-jong

Lee In-jong
Personal information
Nationality:	South Korea
Birthday:	2nd August 1982
Place of birth:	Gyeonggi-do Province
Size:	173 cm

Lee In-jong ( Korean 이인종 ; born August 2, 1982 in Gyeonggi-do Province ) is a South Korean Taekwondoin who competes in the middle and heavyweight division.

Lee achieved her first international success at the 2007 World Cup in Beijing . In the class up to 72 kilograms, she was only defeated in the final against María Espinoza and became vice world champion. Two years later she repeated the success and won the silver medal again at the World Championships in Copenhagen after a final defeat against Han Yingying in the class up to 73 kilograms. In the following years Lee could not prevail in the national eliminations and initially missed participation in other international championships. It wasn't until 2012 that she started to attract international attention again. At the Asian Championships in Ho Chi Minh City , she won her first title in the class up to 73 kilograms. Against her teammate An Sae-bom , Lee prevailed in the national Olympic qualification and qualified for her first Olympic Games in London . There she was defeated in the heavyweight over 67 kilograms in the quarterfinals Anne-Caroline Graffe , but reached the battle for bronze via the hope round. After she lost there just to Anastassija Baryschnikowa , Lee finished fifth in the final ranking.

Web links

• Lee In-jong in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Lee In-jong in the pages of TaekwondoData .com

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Lee is the family name here, In-jong is the first name.