Lee Young-soon

Korean spelling
Hangeul	이영순
Revised Romanization	I Yeong-sun
McCune- Reischauer	I Yŏngsun
See also : Korean name

Lee Young-soon (* around 1945 ) is a former badminton player from South Korea .

Career

Lee Young-soon was the first South Korean woman to be internationally successful in badminton. She won gold in women's doubles with Kang Young-sin at the 1969 Asian Championships . From 1965 to 1969 she was South Korean champion nine times.

credentials

• Annual Handbook of the International Badminton Federation , London, 29th Edition 1971, pp. 225-226

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, Young-soon is the first name.