Li Gyong-hui | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | July 10, 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Level | Senior international | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Korean name | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hangul | 이경희 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Revised Romanization | I Gyeong-hui | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
McCune–Reischauer | Ri Kyŏng-hŭi |
Li Gyong-hui (born July 10, 1972) is a retired North Korean rhythmic gymnast and, after her defection, South Korean gymnastic coach.
She competed for the People's Republic of Korea in the rhythmic gymnastics all-around competition at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. She was 17th in the qualification and advanced to the final. She placed 17th overall. [1] In 2007, she defected to South Korea and became a gymnastic coach for South Korea. [2]
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She defected from North Korea in 2007 and now has South Korean citizenship. [3] She worked as a coach for the South Korean rhythmic gymnastics team until 2017. [3] She gained spotlight in South Korea for her sexual assault lawsuit case against the former member of the South Korean gymnastics association. [3]
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