# Nam Hyun-hee

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South Korean fencer (born 1981)

In this [Korean name](/source/Korean_name), the family name is *[Nam](/source/Nam_(Korean_surname))*.

Nam Hyun-Hee Nam Hyun-Hee at Joint Press Conference of Team Korea for 17th Asian Games Incheon 2014 Personal information Born (1981-09-29) 29 September 1981 (age 44) Seongnam, South Korea Height 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) Weight 44 kg (97 lb) Sport Sport Fencing

Nam Hyun-hee Hangul 남현희 Hanja 南賢喜 RR Nam Hyeonhui MR Nam Hyŏnhŭi

**Nam Hyun-Hee** ([Korean](/source/Korean_language): 남현희; [Hanja](/source/Hanja): 南賢喜; Korean pronunciation: [\[nam.ɦjʌn.ɦi\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Korean) or [\[nam\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Korean) [\[hjʌn.ɦi\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Korean); born 29 September 1981) is a South Korean [foil](/source/Foil_(fencing)) [fencer](/source/Fencing). She is left-handed.

She won the silver medal at the [2008 Summer Olympics](/source/Fencing_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_foil) after losing 6-5 to [Valentina Vezzali](/source/Valentina_Vezzali) in the final.[1] She was also a team bronze medalist at the [2012 Summer Olympics](/source/Fencing_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_team_foil), with South Korea beating France in the bronze medal match. Her teammates were [Jeon Hee-Sok](/source/Jeon_Hee-Sok), [Jung Gil-Ok](/source/Jung_Gil-ok) and [Oh Ha-Na](/source/Oh_Ha-na).[1]

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](/source/2006_World_Fencing_Championships), after beating Poland in the bronze medal match with her teammates Jeon, Jung and [Seo Mi-Jung](/source/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.[2]

She was chosen to give the athlete's oath at the [2014 Asian Games](/source/2014_Asian_Games_opening_ceremony).[2]

She was married to cyclist [Gong Hyo-suk](/source/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

Year Title Role Notes Ref. 2020 King of Mask Singer Contestant as "Already One Year" (episode 287) [7] 2022 Can't Cheat Blood Participant [8]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-sports-reference_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-sports-reference_1-1) Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; [Mallon, Bill](/source/Bill_Mallon); et al. ["Nam Hyun-Hee"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120730225059/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/na/nam-hyeon-hui-1.html). *Olympics at Sports-Reference.com*. [Sports Reference LLC](/source/Sports_Reference). Archived from [the original](https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/na/nam-hyeon-hui-1.html) on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2012.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-:0_2-2) ["NAM HYUN-HEE FIE Biography"](http://static7.fie.org/uploads/5/26546-NAM%20Hyun-Hee.pdf) (PDF). *www.fie.org*. FIE. Retrieved 18 February 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Cavanaugh, Katherine (27 July 2012). ["Olympic profile: Nam Hyun-hee"](https://theworld.org/stories/2016/07/31/olympic-profile-nam-hyun-hee). *[Public Radio International](/source/Public_Radio_International)*. Retrieved 25 November 2019.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-auto_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-auto_4-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-auto_4-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-auto_4-3) ["Korean fencer Nan Hyun-Hee- ex-fiancee sentenced to 12 years in prison"](https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1143759/former-korean-fencer-nam-hyun-prision). *www.insidethegames.biz*. February 14, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Paradise Group denies ties with ex-fiance of fencing medalist"](https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20231026000634). [The Korea Herald](/source/The_Korea_Herald). 26 October 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Photos fencer's con artist ex-fiance used to fool victims"](https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20231027000683). [The Korea Herald](/source/The_Korea_Herald). 27 October 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Jung Ji-hyun (December 27, 2020). ["'복면가왕' 위키미키 엘리·아웃사이더·남현희·정동남, 아쉬운 탈락...놀라움 선사한 '반전 정체' \[종합\]"](https://www.mydaily.co.kr/page/view/2020122719437505387). *My Daily* (in Korean). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20230222121208/http://mydaily.co.kr/new_yk/html/read.php?newsid=202012271943755387) from the original on February 22, 2023. Retrieved December 27, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Kim Hye-jeong (December 23, 2021). ["이형택×남현희×박찬민, 채널A 新 예능 '피는 못 속여' 합류"](https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=144&aid=0000782752) [Hyung-Taek Lee × Hyun-Hee Nam × Chan-Min Park to join Channel A's new entertainment show 'Cheat You Can’t Bleed']. *[Sports Kyunghyang](/source/Sports_Kyunghyang)* (in Korean). Retrieved December 23, 2021 – via [Naver](/source/Naver).

## External links

- [Nam Hyun-hee](https://fie.org/athletes/5037) at the [International Fencing Federation](/source/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_Internationale_d'Escrime)

- [Nam Hyun-hee](https://www.eurofencing.info/competitions/fencers/case:fencer/licence:00830729) at the [European Fencing Confederation](/source/European_Fencing_Confederation)

- [Nam Hyun-hee](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/105995) at [Olympedia](/source/Olympedia)

- [Nam Hyun-hee](https://olympics.com/en/athletes/hyun-hee-nam) at [Olympics.com](/source/International_Olympic_Committee)

- [Nam Hyun-hee](https://web.archive.org/web/2014/http://www.incheon2014.kr/Sports/Biographies/Athletes_Profile/?ParticCode=5123148&lang=en#bio_select_byNOCs) at the [Incheon 2014 Asian Games](/source/Incheon_2014_Asian_Games) (archived)

v t e Asian Games Champions in Fencing – Women's Individual Foil 1974 Hiroko Kamada (JPN) 1978 Luan Jujie (CHN) 1986 Li Huahua (CHN) 1990 Tak Jung-im (KOR) 1994 Xiao Aihua (CHN) 1998 Xiao Aihua (CHN) 2002 Zhang Lei (CHN) 2006 Nam Hyun-hee (KOR) 2010 Nam Hyun-hee (KOR) 2014 Jeon Hee-sook (KOR) 2018 Jeon Hee-sook (KOR) 2022 Huang Qianqian (CHN)

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