Nam Hyun-hee
![]() Nam Hyun-Hee at Joint Press Conference of Team Korea for 17th Asian Games Incheon 2014 | |
Personal information | |
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Born | Seongnam, South Korea | 29 September 1981
Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) |
Weight | 44 kg (97 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Fencing |
Medal record |
Nam Hyun-hee | |
Hangul | 남현희 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Nam Hyeon-hui |
McCune–Reischauer | Nam Hyŏnhŭi |
Nam Hyun-Hee (Korean: 남현희; Hanja: 南賢喜; Korean pronunciation: [nam.ɦjʌn.ɦi] or [nam] [hjʌn.ɦi]; born 29 September 1981) is a South Korean foil fencer. She is left-handed.
She won the silver medal at the Beijing Olympics after losing 6-5 to Valentina Vezzali in the final.[1] She was also a team bronze medalist at the 2012 Summer Olympics, with South Korea beating France in the bronze medal match. Her teammates were Jeon Hee-Sok, Jung Gil-Ok and Oh Ha-Na.[1]
At the World Championship level, she was twice a world bronze medalist as an individual (2010 and 2011), she was part of the Korean team that won the team world championship in 2005.[2] Nam was also part of the Korean teams that won the bronze medal in the foil team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships, after beating Poland in the bronze medal match with her teammates Jeon, Jung and Seo Mi-Jung, 2010 World Championships, beating Germany with teammates Jeon, Seo and Oh, and the 2011 World Championship, beating Poland again, this time with teammates Jeon, Jung and Lee Hye-Sun.[2]
She was chosen to give the athlete's oath at the 2014 Asian Games.[2]
She is married to cyclist Gong Hyo-suk.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Nam Hyun-Hee Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-06-08.
- ^ a b c "NAM HYUN-HEE FIE Biography" (PDF). www.fie.org. FIE. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
- ^ Cavanaugh, Katherine (2012-07-27). "Olympic profile: Nam Hyun-hee". Public Radio International. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
- 1981 births
- Living people
- South Korean female fencers
- Fencers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic fencers of South Korea
- Olympic silver medalists for South Korea
- Olympic bronze medalists for South Korea
- Olympic medalists in fencing
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 2002 Asian Games
- Fencers at the 2006 Asian Games
- Fencers at the 2010 Asian Games
- Fencers at the 2014 Asian Games
- Fencers at the 2018 Asian Games
- Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea
- Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea
- Asian Games medalists in fencing
- Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
- Universiade medalists in fencing
- Uiryeong Nam clan
- Universiade gold medalists for South Korea
- South Korean Olympic medalist stubs
- South Korean fencing biography stubs