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| Nationality | South Korean | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 July 1982 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lee Hye-young (born 30 July 1982) is a South Korean taekwondo practitioner.
She won a gold medal in flyweight at the 2001 World Taekwondo Championships in Jeju City, and a bronze medal in bantamweight at the 2011 World Taekwondo Championships in Gyeongju. She won a gold medal at the 2006 Asian Taekwondo Championships in Bangkok. [1]
Jang Hye-ock is a badminton player from South Korea who affiliate with Chungnam Provincial office team. She won the gold medal at the 1995 IBF World Championships in women's doubles, playing with Gil Young-ah. At 18 years, 3 months, and 19 days, she was the youngest player ever to win a World Championship title, in any discipline. The same year she won the 1995 All England Open Badminton Championships. She reached a career high as women's doubles world number 1 with Gil in August 1995. Jang competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and she won the silver medal in the women's doubles together with Gil Young-ah.
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