Nam Hyun-hee
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.
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
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Nam Hyun-hee | |
Hangul | 남현희 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Nam Hyeon-hui |
McCune–Reischauer | Nam Hyŏnhŭi |
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]
Television appearances
- 2020, King of Mask Singer (MBC): Contestant as "Already One Year" (episode 287)[4]
References
- "Nam Hyun-Hee Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-06-08.
- "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.
- Jung Ji-hyun (December 27, 2020). "'복면가왕' 위키미키 엘리·아웃사이더·남현희·정동남, 아쉬운 탈락…놀라움 선사한 '반전 정체' [종합]". My Daily (in Korean). Retrieved December 27, 2020.