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Lee Hyo-jung

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Lee Hyo-jung (Korean: 이효정; Hanja: 李孝貞; Korean pronunciation: [i.ɦjo.dʑʌŋ]; born 13 January 1981) is a South Korean former badminton player. She won the gold medal in badminton mixed doubles at the 2008 Summer Olympics with her partner, Lee Yong-dae. Lee Hyo-jung and Lee Yong-dae were unseeded, and in the finals they beat the top seeds and 2005 and 2007 world champions Lilyana Natsir and Nova Widianto of Indonesia, 21-11, 21-17. Lee Hyo-jung also won the silver medal in badminton women's doubles at the aforementioned Olympics with Lee Kyung-won; they were seeded fourth and lost to the second-seeded Chinese pair, Du Jing and Yu Yang. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lee Hyo-jung is the 56th most popular badminton player (up from 75th in 2019), the 1,010th most popular biography from South Korea (up from 1,020th in 2019) and the 10th most popular South Korean Badminton Player.

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Among BADMINTON PLAYERS

Among badminton players, Lee Hyo-jung ranks 56 out of 117. Before her are Misaki Matsutomo, Gong Zhichao, Mohammad Ahsan, Christinna Pedersen, Chen Jin, and Yu Yang. After her are Gu Jun, Liliyana Natsir, Valeria Sorokina, Ratchanok Intanon, Kunlavut Vitidsarn, and Nozomi Okuhara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Lee Hyo-jung ranks 1,048. Before her are Sven Riederer, Jiang Lin, Aquivaldo Mosquera, Iriney, Ania, and Eduard Stăncioiu. After her are Kazuaki Kamizono, Ivan Nikčević, Dylan Armstrong, Andreas Birnbacher, Vasyl Fedoryshyn, and Sébastien Rosseler.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Lee Hyo-jung ranks 1,010 out of 1,128. Before her are SinB (1998), Choi Eun-sook (1986), Jung Jae-eun (1980), Choi Sung-kuk (1983), Park Sang-young (1995), and Kim Bub-min (1991). After her are Nam Da-reum (2002), Kim Seung-yong (1985), Seo Yu-na (1992), Lim O-kyeong (1971), Yerin (1996), and Park Eun-chul (1981).

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Among BADMINTON PLAYERS In South Korea

Among badminton players born in South Korea, Lee Hyo-jung ranks 10. Before her are Lee Yong-dae (1988), Hwang Hye-young (1966), Kim Dong-moon (1975), Ha Tae-kwon (1975), Jung Jae-sung (1982), and Chung So-young (1967). After her are Lee Kyung-won (1980), Jung Kyung-eun (1990), Kim So-yeong (1992), Shin Seung-chan (1994), and Lee So-hee (1994).

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