Hwang Kyung-seon

Hwang Kyung-seon (Korean pronunciation: [hwaŋ.ɡjʌŋ.sʌn], born May 21, 1986), also spelled Hwang Kyung-sun, is a female South Korean Taekwondo practitioner. She is a two-time Olympic Champion from 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.[1]

Hwang Kyung-seon

First woman to win three Olympic taekwondo medals
Personal information
Born	May 21, 1986 (age 34)
Medal record Women's taekwondo Representing  South Korea Olympic Games 2008 Beijing –67 kg 2012 London –67 kg 2004 Athens –67 kg World Championships 2005 Madrid Welterweight 2007 Beijing Welterweight 2011 Gyeongju Welterweight Asian Games 2006 Doha Welterweight

Korean name
Hangul	황경선
Hanja	黃敬善
Revised Romanization	Hwang Gyeong-seon
McCune–Reischauer	Hwang Kyŏng-sŏn

Olympics

In 2008, she won the gold medal in the -67kg category at the Beijing Olympic Games, beating 2007 world lightweight (-63 kg) champion Karine Sergerie of Canada in the final.

In 2012, she won the gold medal in the -67kg category at the London Olympic Games, beating 2012 European Champion (-67 kg) Nur Tatar of Turkey in the final. She became the first Korean female athlete (and the second Korean) to defend an individual title in the Summer Olympics and to win an Olympic individual medal in a particular event in three consecutive Olympic Games, Jin Jong-oh in shooting having achieved the same feats for men's 50 m pistol earlier in the 2012 Summer Olympics. At 26, she became the youngest Korean to achieve these records. She also became the first woman ever to win three Olympic taekwondo medals. She has won 2 gold medals and 1 bronze medal. pp

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hwang Gyeong-Seon". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2015-10-02. Retrieved 8 December 2015.

• Hwang Kyung-seon profile on DatabaseOlympics.com

External links

• Hwang Kyung-Seon at TaekwondoData.com