Kwon You-ri (also Gwon Yu-ri, Korean: 권 유리; born July 30, 1989) is a South Korean swimmer, who specialized in long-distance freestyle and butterfly events.[1] She is a fourth-place finalist in the 200 m butterfly at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar.[2]

Kwon You-ri
Personal information
Full nameKwon You-ri
National team South Korea
Born (1989-07-30) 30 July 1989 (age 34)
Seoul, South Korea
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, butterfly

Kwon qualified for two swimming events, as South Korea's youngest female swimmer (aged 15), at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She eclipsed FINA B-standard entry times of 8:56.56 (800 m freestyle) and 2:11.59 (200 m butterfly) from the Dong-A Swimming Tournament in Seoul.[3][4][5] In the 200 m butterfly, Kwon challenged seven other swimmers on the second heat, including top medal favorite Éva Risztov of Hungary. She rounded out the field to last place and twenty-fourth overall by a 3.81-second margin behind Risztov in 2:14.30.[6][7] In her second event, 800 m freestyle, Kwon placed twenty-second overall on the morning prelims. Swimming in heat one, she edged out fellow 15-year-old Jelena Petrova of Estonia to pick up a second seed by two tenths of a second (0.20) with a time of 9:01.42.[8][9]

References edit

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kwon You-Ri". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  2. ^ Marsteller, Jason (4 December 2006). "China Women, Japan Men Dominate Third Day of Asian Games". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 8 May 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Swimming – Women's 800m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  4. ^ "Swimming – Women's 200m Butterfly Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  5. ^ "[아테네올림픽]박태환-권유리 "수영 첫 결선진출 기대하세요"" [Athens: Park Tae-hwan and Kwon You-ri are expected to finish at least in the finals] (in Korean). The Dong-a Ilbo. 11 August 2004. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  6. ^ "Women's 200m Butterfly Heat 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 17 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  7. ^ Thomas, Stephen (17 August 2004). "Women's 200 Butterfly Prelims, Day 4: Jedrzejczak Fastest. Nakanishi, Risztov, Sandeno and Thomas All Qualify". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 December 2005. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  8. ^ "Women's 800m Freestyle Heat 3". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  9. ^ Thomas, Stephen (19 August 2004). "Women's 800 Freestyle Prelims, Day 6: Manaudou, #1 Qualifier, Sets French Record, 8:25.91; Munz and Keller in Finals". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 December 2005. Retrieved 19 April 2013.