Soo Yeon Lee | |
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이수연 | |
Born | Busan, South Korea | May 22, 1984
Nationality | South Korean |
Occupation(s) | Table tennis player, model, actress, coach |
Modeling information | |
Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
Hair color | Black |
Eye color | Brown |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 이수연 |
Revised Romanization | I Suyeon |
McCune–Reischauer | Yi Suyŏn |
IPA | [i.su.jʌn] |
Website | sooyeonlee |
Soo Yeon Lee (born May 22, 1984) is a South Korean former table tennis player, model, actress and coach. Lee started playing table tennis at a very early age and was also trained extensively in the sport by an Olympic gold medalist Jung Hwa Hyun in South Korea. Soon thereafter she went on to successively win the Korean National Junior Championship six times since the age of 12. She has been featured in advertisement campaigns for a number of prominent brands including Nike, Adidas, K-Swiss, Red Bull, and Target. She is the brand ambassador for SPiN, a chain of table tennis restaurants and bars.