Nguyễn Thị Hoài Thu (January 7, 1985) is a Vietnamese taekwondo practitioner. She is a three-time medalist (two golds and one bronze) for the women's featherweight division at the Southeast Asian Games. She also captured two silver medals in the 53 and 59 kg classes at the

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in Doha, Qatar, and at the

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in Guangzhou, China, losing out to South Korea's Lee Sung-Hye and Thailand's Sarita Phongsri, respectively. Nguyen qualified for the women's 57 kg class at the

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in Beijing. After placing second from the Asian Qualification Tournament in

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, Vietnam. Unfortunately, she lost the first preliminary round match to Senegal's Bineta Diedhiou, with a sudden death score of 0–1.

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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
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