Yoon Hyun (born 5 April 1966) is a South Korean
judoka
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Yoon won a silver medal in the
extra lightweight division (60 kg), losing to
Nazim Huseynov from
Azerbaijan
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in the final in the
1992 Summer Olympics
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. Yoon also won two
World Championships
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medals in
1989
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and
1991
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Judoka at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic judoka for South Korea
Olympic silver medalists for South Korea
Living people
1966 births
Olympic medalists in judo
South Korean male judoka
Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
20th-century South Korean sportsmen
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