Lee Ji-young (swimmer)
South Korean swimmer (born 1989)
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Lee Ji-young (Korean: 이지영; born July 10, 1989) is a South Korean swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] She became the first female South Korean in history to train in the United States, and swim for the Peddie Aquatic Association in Hightstown, New Jersey.[2]
South Korea| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Lee Ji-young |
| National team | South Korea |
| Born | 10 July 1989 Seoul, South Korea |
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 이지영 |
| RR | I Jiyeong |
| MR | I Chiyŏng |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Breaststroke |
| Club | Peddie Aquatics (U.S.) |
As one of South Korea's youngest swimmers, Lee qualified for two swimming events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by achieving FINA A-standard entry time of 2:31.32 (200 m breaststroke) from the Dong-A Swimming Tournament in Seoul.[3][4] In the 100 m breaststroke, Lee challenged seven other swimmers on the third heat, including two-time Olympian İlkay Dikmen of Turkey. She edged out New Zealand's Annabelle Carey to take a seventh spot and thirty-third overall by 0.29 of a second in 1:12.93.[5][6] In her second event, 200 m breaststroke, Lee placed twenty-fourth overall on the morning's preliminaries. Swimming in the final heat of five, she rounded out a field of seven swimmers to last place in 2:34.55, more than three seconds off her entry time.[7][8]
