Lee Heung-soon is a retired female

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...

player from

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Career

Lee competed in

badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics Badminton had its debut as an official medal sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics. It was held from 28 July to 4 August 1992. Four events were held in the first competition of the sport: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, and women's do ...

in women's singles. She lost in quarterfinals to

Huang Hua Huang Hua (; ; January 25, 1913 – November 24, 2010) was a senior Communist Chinese revolutionary, politician, and diplomat. He served as Foreign Minister of China from 1976 to 1982, and concurrently as Vice Premier from 1980 to 1982. He was i ...

, of China, 11-3, 10-12, 11-0.

Achievements

World Championships

''Women's singles''

World Cup

''Women's singles''

Asian Championships

''Women's singles''

World Junior Championships

The Bimantara World Junior Championships was an international invitation badminton tournament for junior players. It was held in Jakarta, Indonesia from 1987 to 1991. ''Girls' doubles''

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006. ''Women's singles''

Invitational Tournament

''Women's doubles''

References

* South Korean female badminton players Badminton players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players of South Korea 1971 births Living people Asian Games medalists in badminton Badminton players at the 1994 Asian Games Badminton players at the 1990 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games {{SouthKorea-badminton-bio-stub