Kye Sun-hui

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Kye Sun-hui

Personal information
Nationality	North Korean
Born	(1979-08-02) 2 August 1979 (age 45)
Occupation	Judoka
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl	계순희
Hancha	桂順姬
Revised Romanization	Gye Sunhui
McCune–Reischauer	Kye Sunhŭi
Sport
Country	North Korea
Sport	Judo
Weight class	–48 kg, –52 kg, –57 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games	(1996)
World Champ.	(2001, 2003, 2005, ( 2007)
Asian Champ.	(1997, 1998, 1999)
Medal record Women's judo Representing  North Korea Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta ‍–‍48 kg 2004 Athens ‍–‍57 kg 2000 Sydney ‍–‍52 kg World Championships 2001 Munich ‍–‍52 kg 2003 Osaka ‍–‍57 kg 2005 Cairo ‍–‍57 kg 2007 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍57 kg 1997 Paris ‍–‍52 kg 1999 Birmingham ‍–‍52 kg Asian Games 1998 Bangkok ‍–‍52 kg 2002 Busan ‍–‍52 kg Asian Championships 1997 Manila ‍–‍52 kg 1999 Wenzhou ‍–‍52 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF	7991
JudoInside.com	1075
Updated on 31 May 2023

Kye Sun-hui (born 2 August 1979, in Pyongyang) is a North Korean judoka.

Kye won three Olympic medals in different weight classes, in 1996, 2000 and 2004. When she won the gold medal in Atlanta, 1996 she became the youngest gold medalist in judo. She had entered the Games thanks to the wild card system, and her Olympic gold has been described as one of the biggest surprises of the Atlanta Olympics.^[1]

Kye competed for a fourth time at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing but did not fare too well.^[2]

Kye has been awarded the Kim Il-sung Prize and the titles of People's Athlete and Labor Hero.^[3][4]