Teresa Edwards is an American former women's basketball player and four time Olympic gold medalist.
South Korea competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens,from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's fourteenth appearance at the Olympics,except the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of its support for the United States boycott. The Korean Olympic Committee sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games since 1992. A total of 264 athletes,145 men and 119 women,competed in 25 sports.
Park Sung-hyun is an archer from South Korea who competed in two Olympic Games,winning three gold medals. Park made her international archery debut in 2001,winning the women's recurve title at that year's World Archery Championships. Her Olympic debut came at the 2004 Summer Olympics,where she won gold medals in both the women's individual and women's team events. She won two further medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics,achieving her third Olympic gold in the women's team event before earning the silver medal as the runner-up in the women's individual event.
Lee Hyo-jung is a South Korean former badminton player.
The Yugoslavia men's national basketball team represented the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1943 until 1992 in international basketball,and was controlled by the Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia.
South Korea was the host nation and competed as Korea at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. 401 competitors,269 men and 132 women,took part in 218 events in 27 sports.
The Philippines men's national basketball team,commonly known as Gilas Pilipinas,is the basketball team representing the Philippines. The team is managed by the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas.
South Korea has traditional sports of its own,as well as sports from different cultures and countries.
Basketball at the Summer Olympics has been a sport for men consistently since 1936. Prior to its inclusion as a medal sport,basketball was held as a demonstration event in 1904. Women's basketball made its debut in the Summer Olympics in 1976. FIBA organizes both the men's and women's FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments and the Summer Olympics basketball tournaments,which are sanctioned by the IOC.
The FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup,also known as the Basketball World Cup for Women or simply the FIBA Women's World Cup,is an international basketball tournament for women's national teams held quadrennially. It was created by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). Its inaugural game was in 1953 in Chile,three years after the first men's World Championship. For most of its early history,it was not held in the same year as the men's championship,and was not granted a consistent quadrennial cycle until 1967. After the 1983 event,FIBA changed the scheduling so that the women's tournament would be held in even-numbered non-Olympic years,a change that had come to the men's tournament in 1970.
The South Korea men's national basketball team represents South Korea in international men's basketball competitions. It is administered by the Korea Basketball Association.
The Nigeria women's national basketball team,also known as the D'Tigress,represents Nigeria in international women's basketball competition,and are regulated by the Nigeria Basketball Federation,the governing body for basketball in Nigeria. Nigeria has one of the most successful women's national teams on the African Continent,being the current African champions. They have won the Women's Afrobasket Championship consecutively for three times in a roll. They won in 2017 at Bamako,Mali,2019 at Dakar,Senegal and in the year 2021 at Yaounder,Cameroun.
Jung Jae-sung was a South Korean professional badminton player.
Lee Yong-dae is a professional badminton player from South Korea who had been successful in both men's and mixed doubles. He reached world number 1 ranking with 4 different partners,Jung Jae-sung,Ko Sung-hyun and Yoo Yeon-seong in men's doubles,and Lee Hyo-jung in mixed doubles. He won a total of 43 Superseries titles,37 in the men's doubles,the most of any doubles player in one discipline,and 6 in mixed doubles. He was ranked world number 1 in men's doubles for 117 consecutive weeks with his last partner,Yoo Yeon-seong.
South Korea competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing,China. This is a list of all of the South Korean athletes who qualified for the Olympics and their results. South Korea sent a delegation of 267 athletes to these games.
The South Korea women's national volleyball team represents South Korea in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches. It was one of the leading squads in the world in the 1970s,1990s and 2010s,having won the bronze medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal,Quebec,Canada,and placing fourth at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich,Germany,the 2012 Summer Olympics in London,Great Britain and the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo,Japan.
Ha Jung-eun is a women's and mixed doubles badminton player from South Korea. Ha was competed at the 2006,2010 Asian Games,2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. Together with the Korean national women's team,they won the Uber Cup in 2010. At the same year,she won the bronze medal at the World Championships in the mixed doubles event.
The South Korea national under-23 football team represents South Korea at football in the Olympic Games and Asian Games. It was founded when the Olympic football was changed to an under-23 competition. It also can be managed as under-21 or under-22 team if necessary.
Kim Gi-jung or Kim Ki-jung is a South Korean badminton player. He competed at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's doubles event.
Lee Hyun-jung is a South Korean professional basketball player for the Illawarra Hawks of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for the Davidson Wildcats of the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10).
