Hyun Hee

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Hyun Hee
Medal record
Women's fencing
Representing  South Korea
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Lisbon Épée
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Busan Team épée
Silver medal – second place 2002 Busan Épée
Hyun Hee
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationHyeon Hui
McCune–ReischauerHyŏn Hŭi

Hyun Hee (born October 4, 1976 in Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) is a retired South Korean épée fencer.

At the 2002 FIE World Championships Hyun won the women's individual épée final match over Imke Duplitzer of Germany 15-11.[1] She was the first Asian fencer to win a gold medal at the World Championships. In that year, Hyun was named South Korean Sportswoman of the Year.

Achievements[change | change source]

2002 World Fencing Championships, Individual épée

References[change | change source]

  1. "Fencing; World Championships 2002 at Lisboa (por)". Sports 123. Archived from the original on 14 October 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2010.