Woo Sun-hee
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1 July 1978 Gyeonggi Province, South Korea | |||||||||||||
| Nationality | South Korean | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||
| Playing position | Right wing | |||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||
2001–2003 | Gwangju City | |||||||||||||
2003–2007 | Samcheok City | |||||||||||||
2007–2009 | Rulmentul Braşov | |||||||||||||
2009–2017 | Wonderful Samcheok | |||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
2001–2016 | South Korea | 119 | (380) | |||||||||||
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2009–2017 | Wonderful Samcheok | |||||||||||||
2024– | South Korea junior | |||||||||||||
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Woo Sun-Hee (Korean: 우선희; Hanja: 禹仙姬; born 1 July 1978) is a former South Korean handball player and current coach.
National team
[edit]She made her debut on the South Korean national team in 2001.[1]
In 2003, Woo competed in the 2003 World Women's Handball Championship held in Croatia and led her team to the bronze medal. She was finally named to the All-Star team of the competition.[2]
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won the silver medal with the South Korean team. She played all seven matches and scored 37 goals.[3] Korea lost to Denmark in the final on a penalty shoot out.[4]
She missed the 2008 Olympics due to injury.[1] Four years later she was part of the Korea team that finished 4th, losing to Spain in the third place play-off.[1]
She also won gold medals at the 2002, 2006 and 2014 Asian Games,[1] and represented Korea at the 2016 Summer Olympics and at the 2010 Asian Games.[1] She retired from the South Korean national team in November 2017 after 15 years on the team.[1]
Handball Career
[edit]Kim started playing handball aged 11.[1]
From 2007 to 2009 she played for Romanian Rulmentul Brașov.[5][6] After some years in Europe in the Romanian League, Woo Sun-Hee has returned to Korea where she played handball, until 2017. From 2009 onwards she was the player coach at her team.[1]
In 2024 she became the coach of the South Korean youth national team.[7]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Korean handball icon Woo Sun-hee announces retirement". Korea Herald. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2026.
- ↑ "2003 Women World Champinship CRO" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 7 September 2026.
- ↑ "XXI Women's World Championship 2013. Team Roster, South Korea" (PDF). IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ↑ Martin Kampmann (19 December 2013). "VIDEO Dramaet over alle dramaer – OL-guldet i 2004" (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
- ↑ "Handbal - Rulmentul Braşov aduce jucătoare din Asia" (in Romanian). jurnalul.ro. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- ↑ "Woo Sun Hee poate deveni liberă de contract pe 10 aprilie". adevarul.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- ↑ "핸드볼 여자 청소년대표팀, 세계여자청소년선수권 참가 위해 출국". chosun.com (in Korean). Retrieved 21 October 2024.
External links
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- Sun-Hee Woo Olympic medals and stats
- Woo Sun-hee at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Woo Sun-Hee at the European Handball Federation
- Woo Sun-Hee at Olympedia
- Woo Sun-Hee at InterSportStats
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- 1978 births
- Living people
- South Korean women's 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
- South Korean expatriate handball players
- Expatriate handball players in Romania
- South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Romania
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- 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
- 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 sportswomen
- Asian Games bronze medalists in handball
- Asian Games gold medalists in handball
- South Korean handball coaches
- Female handball coaches