Lee Ah-reum (; born 22 April 1992) is a South Korean

taekwondo Taekwondo (; ; ) is a Korean martial art and combat sport involving primarily kicking techniques and punching. "Taekwondo" can be translated as ''tae'' ("strike with foot"), ''kwon'' ("strike with hand"), and ''do'' ("the art or way"). In ad ...

athlete. She attended Seoul Physical Education High School ( 서울체육고등학교) and

Korea National Sport University Korea National Sport University (KNSU) is a South Korean national university located in the neighborhood of Bangi-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul. It is the only national sport university of South Korea and offers degrees from undergraduate to doctoral lev ...

. She won the gold medal at the

2014 Asian Games The 2014 Asian Games (), officially known as the 17th Asian Games () and also known as Incheon 2014 (), were a pan-Asian multi-sport event held from 19 September to 4 October 2014 in Incheon, South Korea. On 17 April 2007, Incheon was awarded ...

in the women's featherweight category, defeating

Mayu Hamada is a Japanese taekwondo practitioner. She participated in the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport ...

of Japan. She won the gold medal at the

2017 World Taekwondo Championships The 2017 World Taekwondo Championships was the 23rd edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and was held in Muju, South Korea from June 24 to June 30, 2017. Medal table Medal summary Men Women Team ranking Men Women Parti ...

in the women's featherweight category, beating the Olympic champion Jade Jones in the semi-finals and

Hatice Kübra İlgün Hatice Kübra İlgün (born 1 January 1993) is a Turkish people, Turkish taekwondo practitioner. She has won a silver medal at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships in the featherweight division, and a bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics. ...

of Turkey in the final. She has a history of participating in the Asian games.

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Video interview with Lee
after the 2017 World Taekwondo Grand Prix in Moscow, via Mookas * 1992 births Living people Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea Korea National Sport University alumni Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games South Korean female taekwondo practitioners Taekwondo practitioners at the 2014 Asian Games Summer World University Games medalists in taekwondo Asian Games gold medalists in taekwondo Asian Games silver medalists in taekwondo Taekwondo practitioners at the 2018 Asian Games FISU World University Games silver medalists for South Korea World Taekwondo Championships medalists Asian Taekwondo Championships medalists Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade Taekwondo practitioners at the 2020 Summer Olympics People from Yeoju Martial artists from Gyeonggi Province Olympic taekwondo practitioners for South Korea 21st-century South Korean sportswomen {{SouthKorea-taekwondo-bio-stub