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Nationality | South Korean | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | June 12, 1966 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hangul | 김소영 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Revised Romanization | Gim So-yeong | |||||||||||||||||||||||
McCune–Reischauer | Kim So-yǒng |
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