Lee Ji-eun
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| Nationality |
 South Korea | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 June 1989 | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) | |||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Lee Ji-eun | |
| Hangul | 이지은 |
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| Revised Romanization | I Jieun |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ri Chiŭn |
Lee Ji-eun (Korean: 이지은; born June 18, 1989) is a South Korean swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events.[1] She won two bronze medals for the freestyle events (400 m and 4×200 m relay) at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar.[2][3]
Lee qualified for the women's 400 m freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 4:19.42 from Jeju Halla Cup in Jeju City.[4] She challenged six other swimmers on the second heat, including Malaysia's Khoo Cai Lin and Venezuela's Yanel Pinto. She raced to fifth place by one second behind Puerto Rico's Kristina Lennox-Silva in 4:21.53. Lee failed to advance into the final, as she placed thirty-sixth overall in the preliminary heats.[5]
References
- ↑ "Lee Ji-Eun". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ↑ Marsteller, Jason (5 December 2006). "Japan Blazes to Asian Record Time in Men's 400 Free Relay at Asian Games". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ↑ "Yang Jieqiao of China wins women's 400m freestyle gold". 2006 Doha Asiad (Xinhua News Agency). 5 December 2006. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ↑ "Olympic Cut Sheet – Women's 400m Freestyle" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 58. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ↑ "Women's 400m Freestyle Heat 2". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 18 January 2013.