Kim Hyun-mee (

Korean Korean may refer to: People and culture * Koreans, ethnic group originating in the Korean Peninsula * Korean cuisine * Korean culture * Korean language **Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Chosŏn'gŭl **Korean dialects and the Jeju language ** ...

: 김현미; born September 20, 1967), also spelled Kim Hyun-mi or Kim Hyeon-mi, is a South Korean

team handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

player. She competed at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

and won a gold medal with the South Korean team,Profile: "Hyun-Mi Kim"
– ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on December 23, 2007) and was voted World Handball Player of the Year 1989Previous World Handball Players
'' (Retrieved on December 14, 2007)"World Handball Players"
– ''worldhandball'' (Retrieved on December 23, 2007) by the

International Handball Federation The International Handball Federation (IHF) is the administrative and controlling body for handball and beach handball. IHF is responsible for the organisation of handball's major international tournaments, notably the IHF World Men's Handball C ...

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* 1967 births Living people South Korean female handball players Olympic gold medalists for South Korea Olympic medalists in handball Handball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics {{SouthKorea-handball-bio-stub