Lee Seung-min

Not to be confused with Lee Sungmin.
In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.
Lee Seung-min
StyleTaekwondo
OccupationTaekwondo coach
Lee Seung-min
Medal record
Representing  South Korea
Women's taekwondo
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1995 Manila Featherweight
Gold medal – first place 1993 New York Featherweight
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 1996 Melbourne Featherweight
Gold medal – first place 1990 Taipei Bantamweight

Lee Seung-min (Korean: 이승민) is a Korean taekwondo coach and former world champion in women's taekwondo representing South Korea.

Lee won gold in the bantamweight division at the 1990 Asian Taekwondo Championships in Taipei.[1] In October 1992, she won the bantamweight division at the World University Taekwondo Championships in Guadalajara.[2] She won gold in the featherweight division at the World Taekwondo Championships in 1993 in New York City[3][4][5][6] and 1995 in Manila.[3][7] She won gold in the featherweight division at the 1996 Asian Taekwondo Championships in Melbourne.[8]

Lee was a member of the South Korean national taekwondo team for eight years.[9] In 2006, she taught taekwondo in Maryland.[9]

  1. ^ Mudokwan: 9th Asian Taekwondo Championships Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine (c. 1990). Retrieved on 16 May 2010.
  2. ^ World Taekwondo Federation: 3rd World University Taekwondo Championships Retrieved on 16 May 2010.
  3. ^ a b Sport Komplett: Taekwondo – Weltmeisterschaften (c. 2004) (in German). Retrieved on 16 May 2010.
  4. ^ TAEKWONDO; The Garden Is Filled With Taikwondo (sic) New York Times (20 August 1993). Retrieved on 16 May 2010.
  5. ^ Jacobs, M. (1994): "Politics and problems mar World Taekwondo Championships: Americans win only four medals, citing judging bias." Black Belt, 32(1):58–61.
  6. ^ Full Contact: 11th World Taekwondo Championships 1993 Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine (2005). Retrieved on 16 May 2010.
  7. ^ DC Taekwondo: Welcome to Kyung Hee Dae – Kyung Hee vs. Mexico Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine (9 August 2009). Retrieved on 16 May 2010.
  8. ^ Mudokwan: 12th Asian Taekwondo Championships Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine (c. 1996). Retrieved on 16 May 2010.
  9. ^ a b Ngbea, M. (2006): Team Tiger stalks Junior Championships Maryland Community Newspapers Online (29 June 2006). Retrieved on 16 May 2010.