Lee Hsiao-hung

Lee Hsiao-hung
Personal information
Born	11 February 1979 (age 45); Taipei, Taiwan
Occupation	Judoka
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	120 kg (265 lb)
Sport
Country	Taiwan
Sport	Judo
Weight class	+72 kg, +78 kg, Open
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games	R16 (2000)
World Champ.	9th (2001)
Asian Champ.	(1996, 1998)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing Chinese Taipei
Asian Games
Asian Championships
World Juniors Championships
Summer Universiade
East Asian Games
Profile at external databases
IJF	53033
JudoInside.com	3493
	Updated on 10 January 2023

Lee Hsiao-hung (Chinese: 李曉虹; pinyin: Lǐ Xiǎohóng; born 11 February 1979 in Taipei) is a Taiwanese judoka, who competed in the women's heavyweight category.^[1] She picked up a total of thirteen medals in her career, including a silver from the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok and a bronze in the openweight from the 2003 Summer Universiade in Jeju City, South Korea, and represented her nation Chinese Taipei in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004).

Lee made her official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she competed in the women's half-heavyweight class (78 kg). Lee opened her match with a more satisfying victory over Bulgaria's Tsvetana Bozhilova by an ippon, before she conceded with a shido penalty and thereby lost her next bout to Brazil's Priscila Marques because of the judges' decision (yusei gachi).^[2]^[3]

When South Korea hosted the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, Lee mounted her chances from a silver medal triumph in Bangkok four years earlier to pick up another one in the over-78 kg division, but slipped it away in a painful bronze medal defeat to Mongolia's Erdene-Ochiryn Dolgormaa by points on waza-ari. The following year, at the 2003 Summer Universiade in Jeju City, Lee ceased her medal drought to earn a bronze in the women's openweight.

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Lee qualified for her second Chinese Taipei squad in the women's heavyweight class (+78 kg), by granting a re-allocated quota from the International Judo Federation. Unlike her previous Olympics, Lee sought revenge to thwart Dolgormaa on the tatami in the opening match since her bronze medal defeat from the Asian Games two years earlier, but she fell behind 2–1 on yuko against her opponent and never recovered until the five-minute bout ended.^[4]^[5]

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lee Hsiao-hung". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
^ "Sydney 2000: Judo – Women's Heavyweight (+78kg)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 120–121. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
^ "Priscila Marques é derrotada por chinesa em Sydney" [Priscila Marques was defeated by the Chinese in Sydney] (in Portuguese). Folha de S. Paulo. 22 September 2000. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
^ "Judo: Women's Heavyweight (+78kg/+172 lbs) Round of 32". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
^ "柔道――中国台北选手李晓虹首战告负" [Judo: Chinese Taipei's Lee Hsiao-hung lost her battle] (in Chinese). Jmnews.com.cn. 20 August 2004. Archived from the original on 18 April 2005. Retrieved 11 December 2014.