Nam Hyun-Hee (; or ; born 29 September 1981) is a South Korean

foil Foil may refer to: Materials * Foil (metal), a quite thin sheet of metal, usually manufactured with a rolling mill machine * Metal leaf, a very thin sheet of decorative metal * Aluminium foil, a type of wrapping for food * Tin foil, metal foil ma ...

fencer. She is left-handed. She won the silver medal at the Beijing Olympics after losing 6-5 to

Valentina Vezzali Maria Valentina Vezzali (; born 14 February 1974) is an Italian politician and retired fencer. As a fencer, Vezzali won six Olympic gold medals and was a 16-time World Champion in foil. She is one of only five athletes in the history of the Summ ...

in the final. She was also a team bronze medalist at the 2012 Summer Olympics, with South Korea beating France in the bronze medal match. Her teammates were

Jeon Hee-Sok Jeon Hee-sook (Hangul: 전희숙; or ; born 16 June 1984 in Seoul) is a South Korean foil fencing, fencer. Jeon won the bronze medal in the foil team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Poland in the ...

Jung Gil-Ok Jung Gil-Ok ( ; born 15 September 1980) is a South Korean foil fencer. Jung won the bronze medal in the foil team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Poland in the bronze medal match. She accomplished this with her tea ...

and

Oh Ha-Na Oh Ha-na (; born January 8, 1985, in Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do) is a female fencer from South Korea. She won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and al ...

. At the World Championship level, she was twice a world bronze medalist as an individual (2010 and 2011), she was part of the Korean team that won the team world championship in 2005. Nam was also part of the Korean teams that won the bronze medal in the foil team event at the

2006 World Fencing Championships The 2006 World Fencing Championships were held at the Oval Lingotto in Turin, Italy. The event took place from 29 September to 7 October 2006. Same Thing of the 2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter ...

, after beating Poland in the bronze medal match with her teammates Jeon, Jung and Seo Mi-Jung, 2010 World Championships, beating Germany with teammates Jeon, Seo and Oh, and the 2011 World Championship, beating Poland again, this time with teammates Jeon, Jung and Lee Hye-Sun. She was chosen to give the athlete's oath at the

2014 Asian Games The 2014 Asian Games ( ko, 2014년 아시아 경기대회/2014년 아시안 게임, Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 17th Asian Games ( ko, 제17회 아시아 경기대회/제17회 ...

. She is married to cyclist Gong Hyo-suk.

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1981 births Living people South Korean female foil fencers Fencers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers of South Korea Olympic silver medalists for South Korea Olympic bronze medalists for South Korea Olympic medalists in fencing Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2002 Asian Games Fencers at the 2006 Asian Games Fencers at the 2010 Asian Games Fencers at the 2014 Asian Games Fencers at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Asian Games medalists in fencing Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Universiade medalists in fencing Uiryeong Nam clan Universiade gold medalists for South Korea Left-handed fencers People from Seongnam Sportspeople from Gyeonggi Province 21st-century South Korean women {{SouthKorea-fencing-bio-stub