Sung Jung-A (born 25 December 1965 in

Jinju Jinju () is a city in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It was the location of the first (1592) and second (1593) Sieges of Jinju by Japanese forces during the Imjin War. The Republic of Korea Air Force Education and Training Command i ...

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) is a South Korean former

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player who won the silver medal in the women's basketball tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Sung was also a member of the South Korean junior national basketball team that won the silver medal at the inaugural

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in 1985. Sung also competed in

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

where

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finished 7th with a record of 2–3.

Personal life

Her son, Lee Hyun-jung is a South Korean college basketball player for the Davidson Wildcats of the

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(1988 Olympic Games)
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(1985 U-19 World Championship)
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at DatabaseOlympics.com 1965 births Living people South Korean women's basketball players Olympic basketball players of South Korea Basketball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for South Korea Olympic medalists in basketball Asian Games medalists in basketball Basketball players at the 1982 Asian Games Basketball players at the 1986 Asian Games Basketball players at the 1990 Asian Games Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games People from Jinju Sportspeople from South Gyeongsang Province {{SouthKorea-basketball-bio-stub