Lee Eun-ju (gymnast)

Lee Eun Ju
Country represented  South Korea
Born (1999-03-05) March 5, 1999
Shimonoseki, Japan
Residence Seoul, South Korea
Height 4 ft 10 in (1.47 m)
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Level Senior International Elite
(South Korea national team)
Years on national team 2015-present
Club Kangwon Physical Education High School
Head coach(es) Choi Myung-Jin
Medal record
Representing  South Korea
Asian Championships
2015 Hiroshima Team
2017 Bangkok Floor exercise
Lee Eun-ju
Hangul 이은주
Hanja 李恩宙
Revised Romanization I Eun-ju
McCune–Reischauer Ri Ŭn-ju

Lee Eun Ju (born March 5, 1999) is a South Korean female artistic gymnast. She represents her nation at international competitions. She won the bronze medal in the team event at the 2015 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships. She competed at the 2016 Gymnastics Olympic Test Event and was chosen to represent her country at the 2016 Olympic Games after their initial choice, Lee Go-im, was injured in training. Lee placed 53 in the all-around qualification, her best result being a 13.500 on the uneven bars.[1][2][3]

Lee came into the limelight during the Rio Olympics after she took a selfie alongside North Korean gymnast Hong Un-jong. A Reuters picture of the two smiling women was praised for capturing the spirit of the Games.[4] IOC President Thomas Bach called the selfie a "great gesture".[5]

Lee's mother is Japanese while her father is Korean. She was born in Shimonoseki, Japan, and moved to South Korea in 2013.[6]

Career

Lee's senior international debut came at the Asian Championships in Hiroshima, Japan, where she helped South Korea win team bronze. She was passed over for the South Korean team for the World Championships that fall, but was named to the team for the Olympic Test Event the following April. South Korea placed eighth and did not qualify a full team to the Olympics.

Following the Test Event, she competed at the South Korean National Championships, winning uneven bars and balance beam gold, and all-around, vault, and floor exercise silver. She was initially named the alternate for the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, until her compatriot Lee Go-Im suffered an injury in training. Lee was subbed in to take her place.

Rio Olympics

Lee competed in the first subdivision of qualifications, starting on floor exercise. She placed fifty-third in the all-around, fifty-seventh on uneven bars, sixty-eighth on floor exercise, and seventieth on balance beam.

Medal Count

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2015Hiroshima Asian Championships 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
2016Rio de Janeiro Olympic Test Event8
South Korean Championships 2nd, silver medalist(s) 2nd, silver medalist(s) 1st, gold medalist(s) 1st, gold medalist(s) 2nd, silver medalist(s)
2017South Korean Championships44 1st, gold medalist(s) 5 2nd, silver medalist(s)
Bangkok Asian Championships6 67 3rd, bronze medalist(s)

References

  1. ↑ "South Korea's Lee Go-im Injured in Rio Training, Replaced by Lee Eun-ju".
  2. ↑ "2016 Olympic Athlete Biography - Lee Eun-Ju".
  3. ↑ "2016 Gymnastics Olympic Test Event athletes - Lee Eun Ju" (PDF). gymnasticsresults.com. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "North and South Korean gymnasts pose for Olympic selfie". BBC. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  5. ↑ http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-12/rio-2016-south-korean-gymnast-awed-by-selfie-fame/7730724
  6. ↑ "Kankoku to Kitachōsen no joshi senshu, nakayoku jidori nettode wadai ni". Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 10 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
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