吉永雅（young-ah gil） （羽毛球 韩国）
atlanta, georgia state university, 1 august 1996, games of the xxvi olympiad: medal ceremony for the badminton mixed doubles: dong-moon kim and young-ah gil from korea, gold medallists.
born: 11 april 1970
birthplace: ansan (korea / south korea)
nationality: korea / south korea
sport: badminton
attendance at the olympic games
barcelona 1992
atlanta 1996
awards
olympic medals:
gold: 1
silver: 1
bronze: 1
other results:
world championships
gold: 1 (95)
bronze: 2 (91, 935)
doubles specialist
when badminton was accepted as an olympic sport for the 1992 barcelona games, doubles specialist young-ah gil was in position to take advantage of the opportunity. she and her partner, shim eun-jung, had earned bronze medals at the 1991 world championships and they repeated their performance at the olympics, as fellow koreans, hwang hye-young and chung so-young took the gold. at the 1993 world championships, gil teamed with chung and she placed third again. gil switched partners once more, joining with jang hye-ock. gil and jang won the 1995 world championships, coming from behind to defeat an indonesian pair in the final. at the 1996 atlanta olympics, gil and jang qualified for the final, but lost to the chinese pair of ge fei and gu jun. for the 1996 games, mixed doubles was added to the olympic program for the first time. korea (south korea) entered two teams, gil and kim dong-moon, and ra kyung-min and park joo-bong. the day after gil earned her silver medal in women's doubles, she and kim faced ra and park in the mixed doubles final. ra and park led the first game 9-5 and 14-9. gil and kim closed to 14-13 before succumbing 15-13. gil and kim won the second game easily, 15-4, but the tiebreaker was full of drama. ra and park took a 10-5 lead, but gil and kim gradually fought back to an 11-11 tie. the two sides traded points before gil and kim moved ahead 14-12 and then converted their second match point.
双打专家
生日：1970年4月11日
出生地：安山，韩国
国籍: 韩国
项目: 羽毛球
参加奥运会时间：
1992年西班牙巴塞罗纳夏季奥运会
1996年美国亚特兰大夏季奥运会
奥运成绩:
金牌 1枚
银牌 1枚
铜牌 1枚
其他成绩:
世界锦标赛
金牌 1枚 1995年
铜牌 2枚 1991年 1993年
在1992年西班牙巴塞罗那奥运会上，羽毛球正式成为奥运会比赛项目。21岁的吉永雅与沈恩婷搭档，已经在世界锦标赛中夺取铜牌，在巴塞罗那，她们在女双比赛中夺得了一枚铜牌。冠军则被韩国另外一对老将黄惠英和郑素英夺得。巴塞罗那奥运会后，吉永雅开始与郑素英合作，在1993年世锦赛上夺得一枚铜牌。吉永雅又更换了搭档，这一次与张惠玉合作，并在1995年的世锦赛女双比赛中夺冠。吉永雅与张惠玉搭档，1996年又参加了美国亚特兰大奥运会的女双比赛，两人一路过关斩将进入决赛，但在最后的比赛中负于了中国选手葛菲和顾俊，与奥运会女双金牌擦肩而过。羽毛球混双比赛于1996年成为奥运会比赛项目，吉永雅与搭档金东文进入决赛，对手则是另一对韩国选手朴柱奉和罗景民，吉永雅和金东文最终在以13比15先丢一局的情况下，以15比4和15比12连扳两局夺取首枚奥运会羽毛球混双比赛的金牌。