Hanne Høegh Poulsen (born 25 January
[ or 25 February][ 1981) is a Danish ]taekwondo
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practitioner. She won a gold medal at the 1998 European Taekwondo Championships
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, and a bronze medal at the 2000 European Championships.flyweight
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at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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in Sydney, where she was defeated by eventual gold medalist Lauren Burns
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in the semifinal, and was defeated by Chi Shu-ju
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in the bronze final.
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1981 births
Living people
Danish female taekwondo practitioners
Olympic taekwondo practitioners of Denmark
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2000 Summer Olympics
European Taekwondo Championships medalists
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