Hwang Kyung-seon (, born May 21, 1986), also spelled Hwang Kyung-sun, is a female

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Taekwondo ''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast kicking techniques. T ...

practitioner. She is a two-time Olympic Champion from

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and

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Olympics

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

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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)

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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,

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in shooting having achieved the same feats for men's 50 m pistol earlier in the

. 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.

References

Hwang Kyung-seon profile on DatabaseOlympics.com

External links

* 1986 births Asian Games medalists in taekwondo Living people Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for South Korea Olympic gold medalists for South Korea Olympic medalists in taekwondo Olympic taekwondo practitioners of South Korea People from Namyangju South Korean female taekwondo practitioners Taekwondo practitioners at the 2004 Summer Olympics Taekwondo practitioners at the 2006 Asian Games Taekwondo practitioners at the 2008 Summer Olympics Taekwondo practitioners at the 2012 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Universiade medalists in taekwondo Pyeonghae Hwang clan Universiade silver medalists for South Korea World Taekwondo Championships medalists Sportspeople from Gyeonggi Province 21st-century South Korean women {{SouthKorea-taekwondo-bio-stub