Lee Sun-hee

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Lee Sun-hee Taekwondo
Personal information
Nationality: Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea
Birthday: October 21, 1978
Place of birth: Seoul
Size: 170 cm
Weight: 63 kg
Medals

Lee Sun-hee ( Korean 이선희 ; born October 21, 1978 in Seoul ) is a South Korean Taekwondoin and Olympic champion . She started in the Olympic weight class up to 67 kilograms.

Career

Lee Sun-hees achieved her first major international title wins at the Asian Championships. In 1992 she won her first title in Kuala Lumpur in the weight class up to 70 kilograms, followed by the second title in Melbourne in 1996 in the weight class up to 60 kilograms. In 1998 she won bronze in this weight class and in the same year silver at the Asian Games in Bangkok . At the Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000 she defeated Trude Gundersen 6: 3 in the final of the weight class up to 67 kilograms , making her Olympic champion. In 2003, she was also a 5: 2-final against Sandra Šarić in Garmisch-Partenkirchen World Champion . She celebrated her last title win when she won the 2004 Asian Championships.

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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, Sun-hee is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Lee, Sun-hee
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 이선희 (Hangeul)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South Korean Taekwondoin
DATE OF BIRTH October 21, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Seoul , South Korea