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Lee Hyun-il

Personal information
Date of birth	April 17, 1980 (1980-04-17) (age 29)
Place of birth	South Korea
Men's singles
Country	South Korea
Handedness	Left
Current Ranking	87 (30 Apr 2009)
BWF Profile

Lee Hyun-il
Hangul	이현일
Hanja	李炫一
Revised Romanization	I Hyeon-il
McCune–Reischauer	Yi Hyŏn-il

This is a Korean name; the family name is Lee.

Lee Hyun-il (born April 17, 1980) is a male badminton player from South Korea.

[edit] The Summer Olympics

Lee played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, defeating Stuart Brehaut of Australia in the first round. In the round of 16, Lee was himself defeated by Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand.

In 2008, after defeating top rank players Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei in Korea Open, he participated in the Beijing Olympics again, and managed to reach semi-finals before being defeated by world number 2, Lee Chong Wei from Malaysia, then being beaten by Chen Jin of China to the bronze medal.

[edit] See also

• List of Korea-related topics
• List of Koreans

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