Trần Hiếu Ngân

In this Vietnamese name, the family name is Tran. According to Vietnamese custom, this person should properly be referred to by the given name Ngan.
Trần Hiếu Ngân
Medal record
Competitor for  Vietnam
Women's taekwondo
Olympic Games
2000 Sydney 57 kg
Asian Games
1998 Bangkok Bantamweight
Asian Championships
1998 Ho Chi Minh Featherweight
1996 Melbourne Featherweight

Trần Hiếu Ngân (born June 26, 1974)[1] is a Vietnamese 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.[2]

The first name (Ngan) means silver.

Notes and references

  1. "Hieu Ngan Tran". databaseOlympics. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
  2. "Medal first for Vietnam". BBC Sport Online. 2000-09-28. Retrieved 2008-08-10.


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