At the
1992 Summer Olympics in
Barcelona, she was part of the
South Korea national team which won the gold medal. She played all five matches and scored 30 goals. In 1994 she moved to
Japan to play for the
Hiroshima Maple Reds. In 1996 she became a
player-manager and led her team to a
Japan Handball League championship. In 1995 she was part of the South Korea team that won the
1995 World Championship. She was named as part of the all-star team for the tournament. At the
1996 Summer Olympics in
Atlanta, she won the silver medal as member of the South Korean team. She played all five matches and scored 41 goals. by the
International Handball Federation. In 2004, she won the silver medal again at the
Athens Olympics. At the competition she played all seven matches and scored 14 goals. In July 2008 she was hired as
Seoul City Hall Handball Club's
player-manager becoming the first woman to coach a professional
Ball game team in South Korea. She completed her tertiary education at
Korea National Sport University in Seoul for undergraduate, master's and doctorate degrees. == Politics ==