Birth Date: | 11, November 1993 |
Sport: | Wushu |
Event: | Changquan, Daoshu, Gunshu |
Team: | Korean Wushu Team |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Lee Yong-hyun is a Wushu taolu athlete from South Korea.
Lee made his international debut at the 2014 Asian Games where he won the silver medal in men's daoshu and gunshu.[1] [2] He then competed in the 2015 World Wushu Championships where he won a bronze medal in changquan.[3] His last competition was at the 2017 World Wushu Championships where he was the world champion in gunshu and a silver medalist in duilian with Lee Yong-mun and Lee Ha-sung.[4] [5]
After the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Lee's first major international competition was the 2022 Asian Games (hosted in 2023) where he competed in the men's daoshu and gunshu combined event but did not place.[6] He then competed at the 2023 World Wushu Championships and placed fifth in gunshu.[7] Several months later, he became the Asian champion in gunshu at the 2024 Asian Wushu Championships.[8]
His brother, Lee Yong-mun, is also a highly skilled wushu athlete.