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Lee Hyo-jung
Mixed-doubles gold and women’s-doubles silver at Beijing 2008.
Olympic mixed doubles
- Born
- 13 January 1981
- Birthplace
- Busan
More people
Lee Hyo-jung
South Korean badminton player whose doubles career brought Olympic and Asian Games titles.
Early life
Junior competition
Attended Haksan Girls’ High School and won three events at the 1998 German Junior tournament.
Career
- 2000
Asian title and Olympics
Won the Asian women’s doubles title and competed in Sydney.
- 2008
Beijing medals
Won mixed-doubles gold with Lee Yong-dae and women’s-doubles silver with Lee Kyung-won.
- 2010
Asian Games
Won mixed doubles with Shin Baek-cheol and announced her retirement.
Achievements
Olympic mixed doubles
The unseeded pair defeated top seeds Liliyana Natsir and Nova Widianto in the final.
Beyond sport
Family and return
Married basketball coach Seok Seung-ho in 2011 and became a mother. In December 2014 she announced a return to the court after a three-year break.
Sources & photo credit
Biography and career ↗Biographical references ↗Family and return — biographical source ↗Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
Photo: Mayeres. CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.