| Lee Hae-gon | |
| Birth Date: | 8 October 1953 |
| Birth Place: | Anyang, Gyeonggi, South Korea |
| Playingstyle: | Right-handed shakehand grip |
| Disability Class: | 1 |
| Highest Rank: | 1 (March 1998)[1] |
| Height: | 180 cm[2] |
| Weight: | 74 kg |
| Medaltemplates: | |
| Hangul: | 이해곤 |
| Rr: | I Haegon |
| Mr: | I Haekon |
Lee Hae-gon (born 8 October 1953[3] [4]) is a South Korean retired para table tennis player. He has medalled at every Paralympic Games from 1988 to 2008, for a total of seven gold, one silver, and four bronze medals.[2]
Lee, the seventh of eight children in a poor family, enlisted in the Republic of Korea Marine Corps in 1971.[5] The Marine Corps had created a special force to infiltrate North Korea following the Blue House raid, and Lee and other recruits underwent harsh training in Manisan. During one night training session in July 1973,[5] he fell off a cliff and sustained a spinal cord injury. He spent six years in bed, before a missionary persuaded him to try table tennis for rehabilitation.[2]