Lee Chung-Hee (

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: 이충희, born November 7, 1959 in

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, Gangwon Province) is a retired South Korean

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player. He played as a shooting guard. Widely considered as the best Asian perimeter shooter of all time, Lee Chung Hee was named the Most Valuable Player of the 14th Asian Basketball Championship, albeit South Korea lost to China at the final in 1987. He is 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) tall. He competed at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, where the South Korean team finished in ninth position.Olympic results
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and Hung Kuo Elephants.

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1959 births Living people Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games medalists in basketball Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea Basketball players at the 1978 Asian Games Basketball players at the 1982 Asian Games Basketball players at the 1986 Asian Games Basketball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1990 Asian Games Changwon LG Sakers coaches Goyang Day One Jumpers coaches Jeonju KCC Egis players Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games Olympic basketball players for South Korea Shooting guards South Korean basketball coaches South Korean men's basketball players 1990 FIBA World Championship players Wonju DB Promy coaches 1986 FIBA World Championship players Hung Kuo basketball players Chinese Basketball Alliance imports South Korean expatriate basketball people in Taiwan {{Korea-basketball-bio-stub