Lee Da-bin

Lee Da-bin (born 7 December 1996) is a South Korean taekwondo practitioner.[1] She competes for South Korea mainly in middleweight category at international competitions.[2][3]

Lee Da-bin
Personal information
NationalitySouth Korean
Born (1996-12-07) 7 December 1996
Ulsan, South Korea
Height177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
CountrySouth Korea
SportTaekwondo
Event(s)73 kg
Korean name
Hangul
이다빈
Revised RomanizationI Da-bin
McCune–ReischauerRi Ta-bin
Updated on 19 September 2018.

Lee Da-bin represented South Korea at the Asian Games in 2014 and 2018. She clinched a gold medal in the women's 62kg event during the 2014 Asian Games.[4] Four years later, she clinched another gold medal in the women's +67kg event defeating Kazakhstani Cansel Deniz during the 2018 Asian Games.[5][6] She became a world champion in the women's middleweight event at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships.[7]

She represented South Korea at the 2020 Summer Olympics which also marked her debut appearance at the Olympics.[8] She qualified to the women's 67 kg event final after a nail biting last minute win over Britain's Bianca Walkden.[9] She lost the gold medal match to Serbia's Milica Mandic in the women's 67kg taekwondo event.[10][11][12]

She won the silver medal in the women's middleweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico.[13] In 2023, she competed in the women's middleweight event at the World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan.

References

  1. "Lee Da-bin | Asian Games 2018 Jakarta Palembang". Asian Games 2018 Jakarta Palembang. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  2. "Lee Da-bin". TaekwondoData. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  3. "Lee Da-Bin the smiling heavyweight who tries to keep opponents guessing". www.insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  4. "Women 62kg Results" (PDF). mastaekwondo. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  5. "Women's Taekwondo +67kg gold medal contest held at 18th Asian Games - Xinhua | English.news.cn". Archived from the original on August 21, 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  6. INFORM.KZ. "Asian Games: Kazakhstan's Zhansel Deniz secures silver". www.inform.kz (in Russian). Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  7. http://www.worldtaekwondo.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Women-73kg1.pdf
  8. "Taekwondo LEE Dabin". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-07-27. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  9. "Walkden out after late semi-final taekwondo defeat". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  10. 유지호 (2021-07-27). "(Olympics) Lee Da-bin wins silver in women's taekwondo". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  11. "Taekwondo - Women +67kg Schedule". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-10-07. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  12. "Lee Da-bin Wins Silver in Women's Taekwondo at Tokyo Olympics". world.kbs.co.kr. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  13. Berkeley, Geoff (19 November 2022). "Salim follows in father's footsteps with world taekwondo title as Božanić captures gold". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
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