Lee Da-bin (; born 7 December 1996) 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 ...

practitioner. She competes for South Korea mainly in middleweight category at international competitions. Lee Da-bin represented

South Korea at the Asian Games Republic of Korea has competed at every celebration of the Asian Games except the 1951 Asian Games, including hosting the Summer Games in 1986, 2002, and 2014 and the Winter Games in 1999. South Korean athletes have won a total of 2,235 medals at ...

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and

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. She clinched a gold medal in the women's 62kg event during 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 ...

. Four years later, she clinched another gold medal in the women's +67kg event defeating Kazakhstani

Cansel Deniz Cansel Deniz (born 26 August 1991) is a Kazakh taekwondo practitioner. Career She represented Kazakhstan at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the women's −67 kg and at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, in the women's + 67 kg ...

during the

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. She became a world champion in the women's middleweight event at the

2019 World Taekwondo Championships The 2019 World Taekwondo Championships was the 24th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships and was held at the Manchester Arena, in Manchester, Great Britain from 15 to 19 May 2019. This was the first time the UK has held the event. Medal ...

. She represented

South Korea at the 2020 Summer Olympics South Korea competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Medalists , width="60%" alig ...

which also marked her debut appearance at the Olympics. She qualified to the women's 67 kg event final after a nail biting last second win over Britain's

Bianca Walkden Bianca Cook, also known as Bianca Walkden (born 29 September 1991), is an English taekwondo athlete and Olympian. She is three-times a World champion, twice World Grand Prix champion, four-times a European champion and a double Olympic medallis ...

. She lost the gold medal match to Serbia's Milica Mandic in the women's 67kg taekwondo event. She won the silver medal in the women's middleweight event at the

2022 World Taekwondo Championships The 2022 World Taekwondo Championships was the 25th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships and was held at the Centro Acuático CODE Metropolitano, in Guadalajara, Mexico from 13 to 20 November 2022. It was at first scheduled to be held in W ...

held in

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, Mexico. In 2023, she competed in the women's middleweight event at the

World Taekwondo Championships The World Taekwondo Championship is held every two years by World Taekwondo. In addition to the kyorugi (full contact fighting) Championships, there are also Para World Championships as well as Poomsae and Para Poomsae Championships held every ...

held in

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