Lee Ah-reum

Lee Ah-reum (Korean: 이아름; born 22 April 1992) is a South Korean taekwondo athlete.[1] She attended Seoul Physical Education High School (서울체육고등학교) and Korea National Sport University.[2] She won the gold medal at the 2014 Asian Games in the women's featherweight category, defeating Mayu Hamada of Japan.[3] She won the gold medal at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships in the women's featherweight category, beating the Olympic champion Jade Jones in the semi-finals and Hatice Kübra İlgün of Turkey in the final.[4]

Lee Ah-reum

Personal information
Native name	이아름
Nationality	South Korean
Born	(1992-04-22) 22 April 1992
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Korean name
Hangul	이아름
Revised Romanization	I Areum
McCune–Reischauer	Yi Arŭm
IPA	[i.a̠ɾɯm]
Sport
Sport	Taekwondo
Medal record Women’s taekwondo Representing  South Korea World Championships 2017 Muju Featherweight 2019 Manchester Featherweight Asian Games 2014 Incheon Featherweight Asian Championships 2014 Tashkent Featherweight 2016 Manila Featherweight Grand Prix 2017 Moscow –57 kg 2016 Baku –57 kg 2019 Rome 57 kg 2019 Sofia 57 kg

References

1. "TaekwondoData". TaekwondoData. Retrieved 2017-08-27.
2. 이기홍 [Yi Gi-hong] (4 July 2017). '고양시 태권낭자' 이아름, 한국 태권도 간판으로 우뚝!. Simin Ilbo. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
3. 서완석 [Suh Won-sik] (1 October 2014). 태권도 금3… 특별과외 덕 봤다. Kukmin Ilbo. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
4. "Lee Ah-reum wins gold at taekwondo world championships". The Korea Herald. 2017-06-30. Retrieved 2017-08-27.

External links

• (in Korean) Video interview with Lee after the 2017 World Taekwondo Grand Prix in Moscow, via Mookas
• Lee Ah-reum at TaekwondoData.com