| Nationality: | North Korean | ||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 2 August 1979 | ||||||||||||
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| Country: | North Korea | ||||||||||||
| Weight Class: | –48 kg, –52 kg, –57 kg | ||||||||||||
| Worlds Rank: | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Worlds Year: | 2001 | ||||||||||||
| Worlds Weight: | Women's 52 kg | ||||||||||||
| Worlds Year2: | 2003 | ||||||||||||
| Worlds Weight2: | Women's 57 kg | ||||||||||||
| Worlds Year3: | 2005 | ||||||||||||
| Worlds Weight3: | Women's 57 kg | ||||||||||||
| Worlds Year4: | 2007 | ||||||||||||
| Worlds Weight4: | Women's 57 kg | ||||||||||||
| Regionals Type: | AS | ||||||||||||
| Regionals Rank: | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Regionals Year: | 1997 | ||||||||||||
| Regionals Year2: | 1998 | ||||||||||||
| Regionals Weight2: | Women's 52 kg | ||||||||||||
| Regionals Year3: | 1999 | ||||||||||||
| Olympics Rank: | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Olympics Year: | 1996 | ||||||||||||
| Olympics Weight: | Women's 48 kg | ||||||||||||
| Updated: | 31 May 2023 |
Kye Sun-hui (born 2 August 1979, in Pyongyang) is a North Korean judoka.
Kye won three Olympic medals in different weight classes, in 1996, 2000 and 2004. When she won the gold medal in Atlanta, 1996 she became the youngest gold medalist in judo. She had entered the Games thanks to the wild card system, and her Olympic gold has been described as one of the biggest surprises of the Atlanta Olympics.[1]
Kye competed for a fourth time at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing but did not fare too well.[2]
Kye has been awarded the Kim Il-sung Prize and the titles of People's Athlete and Labor Hero.[3] [4]