Lee Bo-Eun (Korean: 이 보은; born December 25, 1976) is a South Korean former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and butterfly events.[1] She represented South Korea in two editions of the Olympic Games (1996 and 2000), and also earned bronze medals in the medley relay at the Asian Games (1994 and 1998).
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| Full name | Lee Bo-eun | |||||||||||||||||
| National team |  South Korea | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 December 1976 Seoul, South Korea | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle, butterfly | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lee made her Olympic debut at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. She failed to reach the top 16 final in the 100 m freestyle, finishing only in thirty-fifth place at 58.27.[2] A member of the South Korean team, she placed nineteenth in the 4×100 m freestyle relay (3:57.83), and eighteenth each in the 4×200 m freestyle relay (8:22.90) and in the 4×100 m medley relay (4:18.98).[3][4][5]
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Lee drastically shortened her program on her second Olympic appearance, swimming only in two events. She achieved a FINA B-cut of 1:02.54 from the Asian Championships in Busan.[6] On the first day of the Games, Lee placed thirty-fifth in the 100 m butterfly. Swimming in heat three, she powered past the field with an early lead at the first turn, but faded down the stretch to a fourth-place time and a lifetime best of 1:02.22.[7][8] Lee also teamed up with Shim Min-Ji, Chang Hee-Jin, and Ku Hyo-Jin in the 4×100 m medley relay. Swimming the butterfly leg in heat two, Lee recorded a split of 1:03.15, but the South Koreans rounded out a six-team field to last place and seventeenth overall in a final time of 4:16.93.[9][10]
References edit
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lee Bo-eun". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
- ^ "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Women's 100m Freestyle Heat 3" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 37. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ^ "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Women's 4×100m Freestyle Relay Heat 1" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 51. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
- ^ "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Women's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Heat 2" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 52. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
- ^ "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Women's 4×100m Medley Relay Heat 2" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 53. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ^ "Swimming – Women's 100m Butterfly Startlist (Heat 3)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ^ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 100m Butterfly Heat 3" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 224. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- ^ Newberry, Paul (16 September 2000). "Thompson anchors U.S. relay win; Thorpe wins 400 free". Canoe.ca. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 4×100m Medley Relay Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 364. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
- ^ "Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (Women's 4×100m Medley Relay)". Canoe.ca. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
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