Kye Sun-hui
Kye Sun-hui (born August 2, 1979 in Pyongyang) is a North Korean judoka.
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's judo | ||
Representing  | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1996 Atlanta | -48 kg |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2004 Athens | -57 kg |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2000 Sydney | -52 kg |
| World Championships | ||
| 2001 Munich | -52 kg |
| 2003 Osaka | -57 kg |
| 2005 Cairo | -57 kg |
| 2007 Rio de Janeiro | -57 kg |
| 1997 Paris | -52 kg |
| 1999 Birmingham | -52 kg |
| Asian Games | ||
| 1998 Hiroshima | -52 kg |
| 2002 Busan | |
| Asian Championships | ||
| 1997 Osaka | -52 kg |
| 1999 Osaka | -52 kg |
| Kye Sun-hui | |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 계순희 |
|---|---|
| Hancha | 桂順姬 |
| Revised Romanization | Gye Sunhui |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kye Sunhŭi |
Kye won three Olympic medals in different weight classes, in 1996, 2000 and 2004. When she won the gold medal in Atlanta, 1996 she became the youngest gold medalist in judo. She had entered the Games thanks to the wild card system, and her Olympic gold has been described as one of the biggest surprises of the Atlanta Olympics.[1]
Kye competed for a fourth time at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing but did not fare too well.[2]
She has been awarded the Kim Il-sung Prize and the titles of People's Athlete and Labor Hero.[3][4]
References
- Official website of the Beijing Olympic Games Archived 2008-08-01 at the Wayback Machine
- "Global athletes chase Olympic dream", Xinhua, June 20, 2008
- "Kye Sun Hui pinned high hope to win gold at Olympics for DPRK", Xinhua, July 30, 2008
- "Moranbong District Juvenile Sports School". Naenara. 10 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
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