Tran Hieu Ngan
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Hieu Ngan Tran is a Vietnam
ese Taekwondo
athlete who competed in the Women's 49-57 kg
weight class at the 2000 Summer Olympics
, and she won the silver medal.
It was the only Vietnamese medal during the 2000 Summer Olympics, and their first of two Olympic medals.
The first name (Ngân) means silver.
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
ese Taekwondo
Taekwondo
Taekwondo is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. In Korean, tae means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon means "to strike or break with fist"; and do means "way", "method", or "path"...
athlete who competed in the Women's 49-57 kg
Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Taekwondo was contested as an official sport at the Olympic Games for the first time at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. It had previously been a demonstration sport in 1988 and 1992. Medals were awarded in four weight classes each for men and women...
weight class at the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
, and she won the silver medal.
It was the only Vietnamese medal during the 2000 Summer Olympics, and their first of two Olympic medals.
The first name (Ngân) means silver.