Lee Ji-hyun (swimmer, born 1978)
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| Full name | Lee Ji-hyun | ||||||||||||||
| National team |  South Korea | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 June 1978 Seoul, South Korea | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke | ||||||||||||||
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Lee Ji-hyun (also Lee Ji-hyeon, Korean: 이 지현; born June 27, 1978) is a South Korean former swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events.[1] She won the bronze medal in the medley relay at the 1994 Asian Games, and later represented South Korea at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Lee started her competitive swimming, as a 16-year-old teen, at the 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima, Japan. She helped the South Koreans earn a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m medley relay with a time of 4:22.11.
At the 1996 Summer Olympics, Lee competed for her maiden South Korean squad in two swimming events. In the women's 100 m backstroke, Lee broke a new South Korean record to touch the wall first in 1:03.96, narrowly missing out of the consolation final by seven hundredths of a second (0.07).[2] On the last day of the prelims, Lee posted a lead-off split of 1:04.55 to deliver the South Korean female foursome of Byun Hye-young (breaststroke), Park Woo-hee (butterfly), and Lee Bo-eun (freestyle) a combined time of 4:18.98 for the eighteenth spot in the 4 × 100 m medley relay.[3]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lee Ji-Hyeon (born 1978)". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
- ^ "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Women's 100m Backstroke Heat 2" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 42. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ^ "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Women's 4×100m Medley Relay Heat 4" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 53. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
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