Lee Ha-sung (Korean이하성; RRihasseong; born 6 June 1994) is a wushu taolu athlete from South Korea.[1] He was a world champion in 2015 and gold medalist at the Asian Games in 2014.

Lee Ha-sung
Personal information
Born (1994-06-06) June 6, 1994 (age 29)
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
SportWushu
Event(s)Changquan, Jianshu, Qiangshu
TeamKorean Wushu Team
Medal record
Representing  South Korea
Men's Wushu Taolu
World Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham Changquan
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Jakarta Changquan (compulsory)
Silver medal – second place 2017 Kazan Jianshu
Silver medal – second place 2017 Kazan Duilian
Silver medal – second place 2019 Shanghai Duilian
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Shanghai Changquan
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Yangon Jianshu
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon Changquan

Career edit

In his international debut, Lee won the first gold medal for South Korea at the 2014 Asian Games in the men's changquan event.[2][3][4] He then competed at the 2015 World Wushu Championships where he won a gold medal in the compulsory changquan event.[5] Two years later at the 2017 World Wushu Championships, Lee was a double silver medalist in jianshu and duilian.[6] At the 2018 Asian Games, Lee had a major deduction on one of his difficulty movements and finished in 12th place in the men's changquan event, thus was unable to defend his title from 2014.[7][8] A year later. he won a bronze medal in changquan and a silver medal in duilian at the 2019 World Wushu Championships.[9]

Competitive History edit

Year Event CQ JS GS GRP AA
2014 Asian Games  
2015 World Championships   4 4
2017 World Championships 9   5  
2018 World Cup   4
Asian Games 12
2019 World Championships   5 4  
World Martial Arts Masterships 1 1 1  
2020 did not compete due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021
2022 World Games  

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "LEE Ha Sung". Olympic Council of Asia. 2018. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  2. ^ "Lee Ha-sung wins South Korea's first 2014 Asian gold". Deccan Herald. Incheon. 2014-09-20. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  3. ^ "Lee Ha-sung wins South Korea's first 2014 Asian gold". The Free Press Journal. Incheon. 2014-09-20. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  4. ^ "Wushu's Lee Ha-sung wins S. Korea's first gold in Incheon". The Korea Times. 2014-09-20. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  5. ^ "13th World Wushu Championships, 2015, Jakarta, Indonesia, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2015-11-18. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  6. ^ "14th World Wushu Championships, 2017, Kazan, Russia, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation.
  7. ^ 한, 수연 (2018-08-19). "[AG] '우슈 장권' 이하성, 착지 실수…메달 획득 실패" [[AG] 'Wushu Jangkwon' landing mistake... Failed to win a medal]. Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-04-30.
  8. ^ "China's Sun wins first gold medal of 2018 Asian Games". Xinhua News Agency. Jakarta. 2018-08-19. Archived from the original on August 19, 2018. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  9. ^ "15th World Wushu Championships, Shanghai, China, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation.

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