Lee Hyo-jung
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| Personal information | |
| Birth name | 이효정 |
| Country |
 South Korea
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| Born |
January 13, 1981 Seoul |
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Years active | 1999-2010 |
| Handedness | Right |
| Women's/Mixed doubles | |
| Highest ranking | 1 |
| Current ranking | Retired |
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| BWF profile | |
Lee Hyo-jung (Hangul: 이효정, Hanja: 李孝貞; Korean pronunciation: [i.ɦjo.dʑʌŋ]; born January 13, 1981 in Seoul) is a female badminton player from South Korea.
She won the gold medal in badminton mixed doubles at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics with her partner, Lee Yong-dae. Lee Hyo-jung and Lee Yong-dae were unseeded and in the finals they beat the top seeds and 2005 and 2007 world champions Lilyana Natsir and Nova Widianto of Indonesia, 21-11, 21-17.
Lee Hyo-jung also won the silver medal in badminton women's doubles at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics with her partner, Lee Kyung-won; they were seeded fourth and lost to the second-seeded Chinese pair, Du Jing and Yu Yang.
Lee became the first woman ever in Korean history to win gold medals at both the Olympics and the Asian Games. In the 2010 Asian Games, she partnered with Shin Baek-cheol instead of her usual partner, Lee Yong-dae. After winning the medal, she announced her retirement despite many pleas from her coaches and fans at home to continue playing until London Olympics in 2012. She also announced that she plans to finish her master's degree and get married.
Lee captured the gold medals in singles, women's doubles, mixed doubles events in World Junior Championship in Germany.
Lee made semi-finals in China Open (XD) and Hong Kong Open (WD) with Lee Dong Su and Yim Kyung Jin in 1999. Then Lee won the Asian Badminton Championship in women's doubles event with her partner Yim Kyung Jin in 2000. In 2002, Lee made the finals with her partner Hwang Yumi in women's event in Singapore Open.
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