Nam Hyun-hee explained

Nam Hyun-Hee
Birth Date:29 September 1981
Birth Place:Seongnam, South Korea
Height:1.57 m
Weight:44 kg
Sport:Fencing
Show-Medals:yes
Hangul:남현희
Mr:Nam Hyŏnhŭi
Rr:Nam Hyeon-hui

Nam Hyun-Hee (; pronounced as /ko/ or pronounced as /ko/ pronounced as /ko/; born 29 September 1981) is a South Korean foil fencer. She is left-handed.

She won the silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics after losing 6-5 to Valentina Vezzali in the final.[1] She was also a team bronze medalist at the 2012 Summer Olympics, with South Korea beating France in the bronze medal match. Her teammates were Jeon Hee-Sok, Jung Gil-Ok and Oh Ha-Na.

At the World Championship level, she was twice a world bronze medalist as an individual (2010 and 2011). She was also part of the Korean team that won the team world championship in 2005.[2] Nam was also part of the Korean teams that won the bronze medal in the foil team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships, after beating Poland in the bronze medal match with her teammates Jeon, Jung and Seo Mi-Jung, 2010 World Championships, beating Germany with teammates Jeon, Seo and Oh, and the 2011 World Championship, beating Poland again, this time with teammates Jeon, Jung and Lee Hye-Sun.

She was chosen to give the athlete's oath at the 2014 Asian Games.

She was married to cyclist Gong Hyo-suk.[3] Nam ran a fencing club in Seoul's Gangnam district after retiring in 2019.[4]

After her divorce, she announced in October 2023 that she had decided to marry Jeon Cheong-jo, the third generation son of the Paradise Group which is a South Korean casino and resort conglomerate.[5] Two weeks later, it was revealed that Jeon was a female fraudster, who was actually from a working class household in South Korea. Jeon had been previously convicted on multiple accounts of fraud and scamming people.[6] Jeon Cheong-jo was arrested and accused of stealing more than 3 billion won (€2.1 million) from 27 people between April 2022 and October 2023.[4] In 2024, Jeon was sentenced to 12 years in prison.[4] Nam was banned from leaving South Korea.[4]

Filmography

Television shows

YearTitleNetworkRoleNotes
2020King of Mask Singer MBCContestant as "Already One Year" (episode 287)[7]
2022Can't Cheat BloodChannel A Participant [8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nam Hyun-Hee Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417230723/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/na/nam-hyeon-hui-1.html . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2012-06-08 . sports-reference.com.
  2. Web site: NAM HYUN-HEE FIE Biography. 18 February 2015. www.fie.org. FIE.
  3. Web site: Olympic profile: Nam Hyun-hee. Cavanaugh. Katherine. 2012-07-27. Public Radio International. 2019-11-25.
  4. Web site: Korean fencer Nan Hyun-Hee- ex-fiancee sentenced to 12 years in prison. February 14, 2024. www.insidethegames.biz.
  5. News: Paradise Group denies ties with ex-fiance of fencing medalist. 2023-10-26. The Korea Herald. 2023-11-01.
  6. News: Photos fencer's con artist ex-fiance used to fool victims. 2023-10-27. The Korea Herald. 2023-11-01.
  7. News: Jung Ji-hyun. '복면가왕' 위키미키 엘리·아웃사이더·남현희·정동남, 아쉬운 탈락…놀라움 선사한 '반전 정체' [종합]]. My Daily. December 27, 2020. December 27, 2020. ko.
  8. Web site: 이형택×남현희×박찬민, 채널A 新 예능 ‘피는 못 속여’ 합류. Kim Hye-jeong. Hyung-Taek Lee × Hyun-Hee Nam × Chan-Min Park to join Channel A’s new entertainment show ‘Cheat You Can’t Bleed’ . . . December 23, 2021. December 23, 2021. ko.