Hwang Kyung-seon, born on 21 May 1986, is a South Korean taekwondo practitioner who represented South Korea at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. She made her international debut at the 2002 World Cup in Tokyo and then won bronze at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing she won the gold medal in the 67 kg category by beating Karine Sergerie of Canada in the final, and she won gold again at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London by defeating Nur Tatar of Turkey, which made her a double Olympic champion with an additional bronze.
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is a South Korean taekwondo practitioner
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Born 21 May 1986 in Seoul, Seoul KOR
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is a South Korean taekwondo practitioner
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She then won bronze at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competed In: 2008 Summer Olympics, Career
In 2008, she won the gold medal in the -67kg category at the Beijing Olympic Games
Competed In: 2012 Summer Olympics, Career
She won gold once again at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London
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