Soo Yeon Lee
| Soo Yeon Lee | |
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| Native name | 이수연 |
| Born |
May 22, 1984 Busan, South Korea |
| Nationality | South Korean |
| Occupation | Table tennis player, model, actress, coach |
| Website | sooyeonlee |
| Modeling information | |
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
| Hair color | Black |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 이수연 |
| Revised Romanization | I Suyeon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yi Suyŏn |
| IPA | [i.su.jʌn] |
Soo Yeon Lee (born May 22, 1984) is a former South Korean table tennis player, model, actress and coach. Lee started playing table tennis at a very early age and was also trained extensively in the sport by an Olympic gold medalist Jung Hwa Hyun in South Korea. Soon thereafter she went on to successively win the Korean National Junior Championship six times since the age of 12. She has been featured in advertisement campaigns for a number of prominent brands including Nike, Adidas, K-Swiss, Red Bull, and Target. She is the brand ambassador for SPiN, a chain of table tennis restaurants and bars.
Lee was born in Busan, South Korea, where she began playing table tennis at the age of nine and was competing six months after that. She won her first National Junior Championship at the age of 12. Soon after Lee left home to receive extensive training under the world champion Lee Ailesa, at the Korean National Training Center. She later trained under the supervision of Olympic Gold Medalist Hyun Jung-hwa. Lee won 5 more Korean National Junior championships, followed by three wins in Korean national tournaments.
Lee enrolled in Korea National Sport University where she was coached by Ahn Jae-hyung and joined the national team. In 2000, Lee won a silver medal at the World University Championships in Shanghai. While studying at the university, Lee earned degrees in sports psychology and physical education.
In 2004, Lee decided to move to New Zealand to learn English. Lee won the New Zealand Women’s Singles Championship and she was named New Zealand Female Sportsperson of the Year. After 5 months in New Zealand, Lee returned to South Korea.
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