Woo Sun-Hee (

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: 우선희,

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: 禹仙姬; born 1 July 1978) is a former South Korean handball player. In 2003, Woo competed in the

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held in

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and led her team to the bronze medal. She was finally named to the All-Star team of the competition. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won the silver medal with the South Korean team. She played all seven matches and scored 37 goals. After some years in Europe in the

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, Woo Sun-Hee has returned to

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where she played handball, until 2017.

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Sun-Hee Woo Olympic medals and stats
* * 1978 births Living people South Korean female handball players Olympic handball players for South Korea Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for South Korea Olympic medalists in handball Expatriate handball players South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Romania Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in handball Handball players at the 2002 Asian Games Handball players at the 2006 Asian Games Handball players at the 2010 Asian Games Handball players at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Olympic bronze medalists for South Korea Sportspeople from Gyeonggi Province {{SouthKorea-handball-bio-stub Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games 21st-century South Korean women