Đặng Hiếu Hiền

Ðặng Hiếu Hiền
Personal information
NationalityVietnamese
Born (1966-10-20) 20 October 1966
Diêu Trì township, Tuy Phước district, Bình Định
Children2
Sport
SportBoxing

Ðặng Hiếu Hiền (born 20 October 1966) is a Vietnamese boxing coach and former boxer.

Early life

Đặng Hiếu Hiền was born on 20 October 1966,[1] at Diêu Trì township, Tuy Phước district, Bình Định. However, Thanh Niên stated that he was born in 1965.[2] When he was young, his father sent him to learn martial arts for self-defense. Hiền first entered traditional martial arts, later switched to freestyle martial arts.[3]

Career

In 1987, he was nominated as one of the ten notable Vietnamese athletes.[2]

He competed in the men's light flyweight event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[1] He defeated a Spanish opponent in the first round.[4] Hiền's miracle was repeated by Nguyễn Văn Đương in 2021, during 2020 Summer Olympics.[5]

He retired in 1994, after an unrelated incident involving his 1988 Olympics teammate Đỗ Tiến Tuấn.[3] After retirement, he has been involved in coaching since 2002.[2]

Personal life

Đặng Hiếu Hiền has three siblings,[4] is married and has two daughters. He also has a passion of loving vintage Vespas.[2]

Between 1994 and 2002, he worked as a bus boy for his family’s bus company.[3]

One of his siblings, Đặng Hiếu Hân, won a gold medal in 1990 Vietnam National Games.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ðặng Hiếu Hiền". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d Tâm Nguyễn (3 March 2013). "Sao thể thao ngày ấy - Kỳ 23: Tay đấm cừ khôi mê Vespa cổ" [Sports Stars of the Past - Episode 23: The Great Boxer Who Loved Vintage Vespas]. Thanh Niên (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 9 November 2025.
  3. ^ a b c "Chuyện đời giông bão của Đặng Hiếu Hiền - tượng đài boxing Việt Nam đầu tiên dự Olympic" [The stormy life story of Dang Hieu Hien - the first Vietnamese boxing icon to attend the Olympics]. Webthethao (in Vietnamese). 27 March 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
  4. ^ a b c Đức Mạnh (1 September 2024). "Gia tộc Đặng Hiếu & những đóng góp cho boxing Bình Định" [Đặng Hiếu family and contributions for boxing in Bình Định]. Báo Gia Lai (in Vietnamese). Báo và phát thanh, truyền hình Gia Lai. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
  5. ^ "Nguyễn Văn Đương lập kỳ tích cho Boxing Việt Nam ở Olympic sau 33 năm". Gia Lai TV (in Vietnamese). Báo và phát thanh, truyền hình Gia Lai. 25 July 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
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