Hoàng Hà Giang
In this Vietnamese name, the family name is Hoang. According to Vietnamese custom, this person should properly be referred to by the given name Giang.
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| Birth name | Hoàng Hà Giang | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | Vietnamese | ||||||||||||
| Born |
30 April 1991 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | ||||||||||||
| Died |
7 December 2015 (aged 24) Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | ||||||||||||
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| Country |
 Vietnam | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||
| Event(s) | –55 kg | ||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2006 | ||||||||||||
| Retired | 2008 | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Hoàng Hà Giang (30 April 1991 – 7 December 2015)[1] was a Vietnamese Taekwondo athlete who competed in the Women's –55 kg weight class at the 2006 Asian Games, and she won the silver medal.
In 2008, when just 17 years old, she wes diagnosed with SLE, which made her retire from professional taekwondo. In 2013, she was caught in a traffic accident that broke her leg. She died on 7 December 2015.[2]
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