Gil Young-ah

Olympic medal record
Women's badminton
Competitor for  South Korea
1996 Atlanta Mixed doubles
1996 Atlanta Doubles
1992 Barcelona Doubles
Korean name
Hangul 길영아
Hanja 吉永雅
Revised Romanization Gil Yeong-a
McCune–Reischauer Kil Yŏng-a

Gil Young-ah (born April 11, 1970 in Ansan, Gyeonggi-do) is a former female badminton player from South Korea.

At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, she won the bronze medal in the women's doubles together with Shim Eun-jung.

Four years later, at the Atlanta Olympics, she won the gold medal in the mixed doubles together with Kim Dong-moon and the silver medal in the women's double together with Jang Hye-ock.

Gil retired from badminton after the 1996 Olympics and is currently serving as an assistant coach of the Samsung Electronics badminton team.

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