Oh Hye-ri

Oh Hye-ri (Korean: 오혜리; Korean pronunciation: [o.ɦje̞.ɾi]; born 30 April 1988) is a South Korean taekwondo athlete.

Oh Hye-ri

Personal information
Nationality	South Korean
Born	(1988-04-30) 30 April 1988 (age 36)
Height	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)[1]
Sport
Sport	Taekwondo
Medal record Women's taekwondo Representing  South Korea Olympic Games 2016 Rio De Janeiro 67 kg World Championships 2015 Chelyabinsk 73 kg 2011 Gyeongju 73 kg 2017 Muju 73 kg Grand Slam 2017 Wuxi 67 kg Grand Prix 2015 Moscow 67 kg 2016 Baku 67 kg 2017 Rabat 67 kg 2017 Abidjan 67 kg 2015 Manchester 67 kg 2017 Moscow 67 kg 2018 Rome 67 kg 2018 Moscow 67 kg 2018 Taoyuan 67 kg Asian Championships 2010 Astana +73 kg 2018 Ho Chi Minh City 73 kg Universiade 2009 Belgrad 72 kg
Updated on 19 September 2018

Career

In 2011, she won silver at the World Championships,^[2] then in 2015, she became the world champion in middleweight.^[3]

She represented South Korea at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the women's 67 kg where she won her first Olympic gold medal.^[1][3]

She became the third Korean to win an Olympic gold medal in the 67 kg division (Lee Sun-Hee in 2000 and Hwang Kyung-Seon in 2008 and 2012).

She returned at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris as the head coach for Korean men's competitor Seo Geon-woo at the Men's 80 kg division.

References

1. "Hyeri Oh". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 26 November 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
2. "Oh Hye-ri". Taewondodata. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
3. "Rio 2016: S. Korean Oh Hye-ri wins taekwondo gold". The Korea Times. 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2016-08-20.

External links

• Oh Hye-ri at TaekwondoData.com
• Oh Hye-ri at Olympics.com
• Oh Hye-ri at Olympedia