Lee Kyung-won
| Korean spelling | |
|---|---|
| Hangeul | 이경원 |
| Hanja | 李敬 元 |
|
Revised Romanization |
I Gyeong-won |
|
McCune- Reischauer |
I Kyŏngwŏn |
Lee Kyung-won ( Korean 이경원 ; born January 21, 1980 in Changwon , Gyeongsangnam-do ) is a badminton player from South Korea .
Career
Lee Kyung-won won the women's doubles at the German Open in 2003 with Ra Kyung-min .
Lee competed for Korea in badminton at the 2004 Olympics in women's doubles with her partner Ra Kyung-min. They had a bye in the first round. In the second round they beat Pernille Harder and Mette Schjoldager from Denmark . In the quarter-finals Lee and Ra beat Lotte Bruil and Mia Audina from the Netherlands 15: 5, 15: 2. They lost the semi-final against Zhang Jiewen and Yang Wei from China with 15: 6, 15: 4, but won the match for third place against Zhao Tingting and Wei Yili , also from China , with 10:15, 15: 9, 15: 7, and won the bronze medal .
In 2008 she and her partner Lee Hyo-jung won the women's doubles competition at the Yonex German Open in Mülheim an der Ruhr .
Web links
- Lee Kyung-won in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lee, Kyung-won |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 이경원 (Hangeul); 李敬 元 (Hanja); I, Gyeong-won (revised Romanization); I, Kyŏngwŏn (McCune-Reischauer); Lee, Gyeong-won |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South Korean badminton player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 21, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Changwon , Gyeongsangnam-do |