Kim Young-hee (17 May 1963 – 31 January 2023) was a South Korean

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player who competed in the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the sec ...

. Born in

Ulsan Ulsan (), officially the Ulsan Metropolitan City is South Korea's seventh-largest metropolitan city and the eighth-largest city overall, with a population of over 1.1 million inhabitants. It is located in the south-east of the country, neighboring ...

, Gyeongsangnam-do, Kim was the elder of two children, with a younger brother. Kim died of brain cancer on 31 January 2023, at the age of 59.‘거인병’ 30여 년 앓던 여자농구 은메달리스트 김영희 별세

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