Gu Sung-eun

Gu Sung-eun
Personal information
Full name	Gu Sung-eun
Born	19 August 1984 (age 40); South Korea
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Medal record
Universiade

Gu Sung-eun (born 19 August 1984) is a South Korean professional racing cyclist. Having finished third in the road race in the 2007 UCI B Road World Championships and second in the time trial, Gu qualified to represent her country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Gu crashed in the road race when she lost control of her bike on the wet roads, bringing others down with her. She eventually found herself falling into a concrete ditch on the side of the highway but got back on her bike to finish 59th.^[2]

Palmarès

2002: 2nd Points race, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Juniors; 2nd Scratch, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Juniors

2004: 2nd Scratch, 2004 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Sydney (AUS)

2005: 3rd Pursuit, Asian Cycling Championships; 1st Points race, Asian Cycling Championships

2007: 2nd Time trial, UCI B Road World Championships; 3rd Road Race, UCI B Road World Championships; 3rd Road Race, Asian Cycling Championships

References

^ ^a ^b "Athlete Biography: GU Sungeun". Beijing Olympics official website. Archived from the original on 13 August 2008.
^ Susan Westemeyer (10 August 2008). "Women's road race, complete live report". Cycling News. Retrieved 13 August 2008.

External links

Gu Sung-eun at Cycling Archives (archive)

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[Beijing-1] "Athlete Biography: GU Sungeun". Beijing Olympics official website. Archived from the original on 13 August 2008.

[Live-2] Susan Westemeyer (10 August 2008). "Women's road race, complete live report". Cycling News. Retrieved 13 August 2008.

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