Lee Keo-ra
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Nationality | South Korea | ||||||||||||
Born | 7 May 1989 | ||||||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||
Weight | 51 kg (112 lb) | ||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||
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Lee Keo-ra (also Lee Gyeo-ra, Korean: 이 겨라; born May 7, 1989) is a South Korean swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events.[1] She won a bronze medal, as a member of the South Korean swimming team, in the women's 4×200 m freestyle relay at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar.[2]
Lee qualified for the women's 200 m freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 2:02.61 from the World Championships in Melbourne, Australia.[3][4] She challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including Estonia's three-time Olympian Elina Partõka. Lee rounded out the field to last place by more than five seconds behind Partoka in 2:05.71. Lee failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed forty-sixth overall in the prelims.[5]
References
- ↑ "Lee Keo-ra". 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.
- ↑ "Olympic Cut Sheet – Women's 200m Freestyle" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 53. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ↑ "2007 FINA World Championships (Melbourne, Australia) – Women's 200m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ↑ "Women's 200m Freestyle Heat 2". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 18 January 2013.