Hoàng Hà Giang (30 April 1991 – 7 December 2015) was a Vietnamese taekwondo practitioner who won a silver medal at the

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. In 2008, when just 17 years old and qualified for Beijing Olympic, she was diagnosed with

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, which made her give up this competition and retire from professional taekwondo. In 2013, she was caught in a traffic accident that broke her leg. She died on 7 December 2015.Võ sĩ Taekwondo Hoàng Hà Giang qua đời ở tuổi 24: Vụt tắt rồi, một cánh sao băng
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1991 births 2015 deaths Asian Games medalists in taekwondo Asian Games silver medalists for Vietnam Competitors at the 2007 SEA Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games SEA Games bronze medalists for Vietnam SEA Games medalists in taekwondo Sportspeople from Ho Chi Minh City Taekwondo practitioners at the 2006 Asian Games Vietnamese female taekwondo practitioners 21st-century Vietnamese women 21st-century Vietnamese people {{Vietnam-taekwondo-bio-stub