Lee Keo-ra (also Lee Gyeo-ra, Korean: 이 겨라; born May 7, 1989) is a South Korean swimmer, who specialized in middle-distance freestyle events.[1] She represented her nation South Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has won a bronze medal, as a member of the women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay team, at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar.[2][3]
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| Full name | Lee Keo-ra | ||||||||||||||
| National team |  South Korea | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 May 1989 Ulsan, South Korea | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 51 kg (112 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Ulsan City Hall | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lee competed for the South Korean swimming team in the women's 200 m freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[4] She finished with a thirty-first place time of 2:02.61 to earn her selection to the South Korea's Olympic team at the World Championships one year earlier in Melbourne, Australia, clearing the FINA B-cut (2:03.50) by almost a full second.[5][6] Coming from seventh at the 150-metre lap in heat two, Lee held off a sprint challenge from Ireland's Melanie Nocher towards the final stretch, but could not catch her near the wall by over a full-body length to finish in dead-last with a disappointing 2:05.71. Lee failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed forty-sixth overall in the prelims.[7]
References edit
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lee Keo-ra". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ^ "박태환 등 16명 베이징올림픽 수영대표 확정" [Park Tae-hwan leads 16 other swimmers into the Olympic pool] (in Korean). Seoul Broadcasting System. 14 May 2008. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
- ^ Marsteller, Jason (5 December 2006). "Japan Blazes to Asian Record Time in Men's 400 Free Relay at Asian Games". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 23 June 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ^ "[2008 베이징올림픽-수영] 태환아, 펠프스를 말려줘" [2008 Summer Olympics: Tae-hwan could beat Phelps in swimming] (in Korean). The Hankyoreh. 7 August 2008. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
- ^ "Olympic Cut Sheet – Women's 200m Freestyle" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 53. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ^ "2007 FINA World Championships (Melbourne, Australia) – Women's 200m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ^ "Swimming: Women's 200m Freestyle Heat 2". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
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