Park Hye-jin (taekwondo)

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Park Hye-jin
Personal information
Born30 July 1999 (1999-07-30) (age 26)
Sport
Sport Taekwondo
Medal record
Representing Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Hangzhou 53 kg
Asian Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Da Nang 49 kg

Park Hye-jin (born 30 July 1999) is a South Korean taekwondo practitioner. She was a gold medalist at the 2022 Asian Games. [1]

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Career

Park reached the second round at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships and the third round at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships. [2]

Park was a gold medalist at the delayed 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China, in September 2023, winning the women's 53kg division, defeating Lin Wei Chun of Chinese Taipei 2-1 in the final. [3]

Park secured an Asian Championships debut with her performance in the 53kg at the 2024 South Korean Taekwondo National Team Selection held at Taebaek Gowon Gymnasium in February 2024. [4] She subsequently won a bronze medal at the 2024 Asian Taekwondo Championships in Da Nang, Vietnam in May 2024. [5]

Personal life

She is based in Goyang. [6] [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Park Hye-jin". taekwondo data. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  2. ↑ "S. Korea's Park Hye-jin wins gold in women's -53kg taekwondo". Korea Herald. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  3. ↑ "Korea's Park Hye-jin wins gold in women's -53kg taekwondo". Korea Times. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  4. ↑ "Bae Jun-seo tries to win the Asian Championship for the third consecutive time. Park Hye-jin's first Asian Championship appearance". mk.co.kr. 29 February 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  5. ↑ Khalatyan, Rafael (20 May 2024). "Asian Taekwondo Championships: South Korea and Iran win team titles". Inside the Games. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  6. ↑ "On the first day of the 26th Asian Taekwondo Championships held in Da Nang, Vietnam, on May 16, the South Korean national team harvested one gold and three silver medals". mk.co.kr. 17 May 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  7. ↑ "Korea wins gold in 4 events on 3rd day of Asian Games". Korea.net. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2025.


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