Oh Hye-ri

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

Oh Hye-ri
Personal information
NationalitySouth Korean
Born (1988-04-30) 30 April 1988
Height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight69 kg (152 lb)[1]
Sport
SportTaekwondo
Medal record
Women’s taekwondo
Representing  South Korea
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2016 Rio De Janeiro67 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2015 Chelyabinsk73 kg
Silver medal – second place2011 Gyeongju73 kg
Silver medal – second place2017 Muju73 kg
Grand Slam
Bronze medal – third place2017 Wuxi67 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place2015 Moscow67 kg
Gold medal – first place2016 Baku67 kg
Silver medal – second place2017 Rabat67 kg
Silver medal – second place2017 Abidjan67 kg
Bronze medal – third place2015 Manchester67 kg
Bronze medal – third place2017 Moscow67 kg
Bronze medal – third place2018 Rome67 kg
Bronze medal – third place2018 Moscow67 kg
Bronze medal – third place2018 Taoyuan67 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2010 Astana+73 kg
Gold medal – first place2018 Ho Chi Minh City73 kg
Universiade
Silver medal – second place2009 Belgrad72 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).

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". Korea Times. 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2016-08-20.


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