Hoàng Hà Giang

Hoàng Hà Giang (30 April 1991 – 7 December 2015)[1] was a Vietnamese taekwondo practitioner who won a silver medal at the 2006 Asian Games.

Hoàng Hà Giang
Hoàng Hà Giang at the 2006 Asian Games
Personal information
Birth nameHoàng Hà Giang
NationalityVietnamese
Born(1991-04-30)30 April 1991
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Died7 December 2015(2015-12-07) (aged 24)
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Sport
SportTaekwondo
Event(s)–55 kg
Turned pro2006
Retired2008
Medal record
Representing  Vietnam
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place2006 Doha –55 kg

In 2008, when just 17 years old and qualified for Beijing Olympic, she was diagnosed with SLE, which made her give up this competition and retire from professional taekwondo. In 2013, she was caught in a traffic accident that broke her leg. She died on 7 December 2015.[2]

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