Oh Yong-Ran (born 6 September 1972), also spelled as Oh Yeong-Ran, is a South Korean

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 who competed in the

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, and

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

. In 1996, she was part of the

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, which won the silver medal. She played four matches, including the final, as goalkeeper. Four years later Oh was part of the South Korean team which finished fourth in the 2000 Olympic tournament. She played all seven matches as goalkeeper. In 2004, she won the silver medal with the South Korean team again. She played all seven matches as goalkeeper. She is married to handballer Kang Il-koo.

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Profile at databaseolympics.com (archived)
* * 1972 births Living people South Korean female handball players Olympic handball players for South Korea Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for South Korea Olympic bronze medalists for South Korea Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in handball Handball players at the 1994 Asian Games Handball players at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games 20th-century South Korean women 21st-century South Korean women {{SouthKorea-handball-bio-stub