Hoàng Hà Giang
Vietnamese taekwondo practitioner (1991–2015)
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Hoàng Hà Giang (30 April 1991 – 7 December 2015)[1] was a Vietnamese taekwondo practitioner who won a silver medal at the 2006 Asian Games.
NationalityVietnamese
BornHoàng Hà Giang
30 April 1991
30 April 1991
Died7 December 2015 (aged 24)
SportTaekwondo
Hoàng Hà Giang at the 2006 Asian Games | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Vietnamese | |||||||||||
| Born | Hoàng Hà Giang 30 April 1991 | |||||||||||
| Died | 7 December 2015 (aged 24) | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | |||||||||||
Event | –55 kg | |||||||||||
Turned pro | 2006 | |||||||||||
| Retired | 2008 | |||||||||||
Medal record
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In 2008, when just 17 years old and qualified for Beijing Olympic, Hà Giang was diagnosed with SLE, which made her give up this competition and retire from professional taekwondo. In 2013, she was caught in a traffic accident that broke her leg. She died on 7 December 2015.[2]
