South Korean taekwondo athlete (born 1988)
Oh Hye-ri
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Nationality | South Korean |
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Born | (1988-04-30) 30 April 1988 (age 36) |
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Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1] |
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Weight | 69 kg (152 lb)[1] |
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Sport | Taekwondo |
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Updated on 19 September 2018 |
Oh Hye-ri (Korean: 오혜리; Korean pronunciation: [o.ɦje̞.ɾi]; born 30 April 1988) is a South Korean taekwondo athlete.
Career
In 2011, she won silver at the World Championships,[2] then in 2015, she became the world champion in middleweight.[3]
She represented South Korea at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the women's 67 kg where she won her first Olympic gold medal.[1][3]
She became the third Korean to win an Olympic gold medal in the 67 kg division (Lee Sun-Hee in 2000 and Hwang Kyung-Seon in 2008 and 2012).
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- 1987–1997: −70 kg
- 1999–2007: −72 kg
- 2009–present: −73 kg
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