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Taipei County

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 (now New Taipei City), Taiwan

Taiwan

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) is a female Taiwanese

Taiwanese people

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 athlete. She won the gold medal in the women's finweight (under 46 kg) at the 2010 Asian Games

2010 Asian Games

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 at the age of 16. Huang surprisingly dominated South Korea

South Korea

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n champion Hwang Mi-Na 7-2 in the first round, and upset Olympic silver medalist Buttree Puedpong

Buttree Puedpong

Buttree Puedpong is a female Thai Taekwondo practitioner who competes at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the -49 kg class.-References:*...

 of Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

3-0 in the quarterfinals.