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| Born | November 7, 1959 (age 64) Cheolwon, Gangwon Province, South Korea |
| Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Listed weight | 74 kg (163 lb) |
| Position | Shooting guard |
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Lee Chung-Hee (Korean: 이충희, born November 7, 1959, in Cheolwon, Gangwon Province) is a retired South Korean basketball player.
He played as a shooting guard. Widely considered[by whom?] as the best Asian perimeter shooter of all time,[citation needed] Lee Chung Hee was named the Most Valuable Player of the 14th Asian Basketball Championship, albeit South Korea lost to China at the final in 1987. He is 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) tall. He competed at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, where the South Korean team finished in ninth position.[1]
His former teams include Hyundai Electronics and Hung Kuo Elephants.
