Hyun Hee

For people with the given name Hyun Hee, see Hyun-hee.
Hyun Hee
Medal record
Women's fencing
Representing  South Korea
World Championships
2002 Lisbon Épée
Asian Games
2002 Busan Team épée
2002 Busan Épée
Hyun Hee
Hangul 현희
Revised Romanization Hyeon Hui
McCune–Reischauer Hyŏn Hŭi
This is a Korean name; the family name is Hyun.

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

2002 World Fencing Championships, Individual épée

References

  1. Sports 123 "Fencing; World Championships 2002 at Lisboa (por)" Check |url= value (help). Retrieved 10 March 2010.


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