Đặng Hiếu Hiền

Đặng Hiếu Hiền was born on 20 October 1966,^[1] at Diêu Trì township, Tuy Phước district, Bình Định. However, Thanh Niên stated that he was born in 1965.^[2] When he was young, his father sent him to learn martial arts for self-defense. Hiền first entered traditional martial arts, later switched to freestyle martial arts.^[3]

In 1987, he was nominated as one of the ten notable Vietnamese athletes.^[2]

He competed in the men's light flyweight event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.^[1] He defeated a Spanish opponent in the first round.^[4] Hiền's miracle was repeated by Nguyễn Văn Đương in 2021, during 2020 Summer Olympics.^[5]

He retired in 1994, after an unrelated incident involving his 1988 Olympics teammate Đỗ Tiến Tuấn.^[3] After retirement, he has been involved in coaching since 2002.^[2]

Đặng Hiếu Hiền has three siblings,^[4] is married and has two daughters. He also has a passion of loving vintage Vespas.^[2]

Between 1994 and 2002, he worked as a bus boy for his family’s bus company.^[3]

One of his siblings, Đặng Hiếu Hân, won a gold medal in 1990 Vietnam National Games.^[4]