Lee Bo-eun

Lee Bo-eun

Personal information
Full name	Lee Bo-eun
National team	South Korea
Born	25 December 1976 Seoul, South Korea
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, butterfly
Medal record Women's swimming Representing South Korea Asian Games 1994 Hiroshima 4×100 m medley 1998 Bangkok 4×100 m medley

Lee Bo-Eun (Korean: 이 보은; born December 25, 1976) is a South Korean former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and butterfly events.^[1] She represented South Korea in two editions of the Olympic Games (1996 and 2000), and also earned bronze medals in the medley relay at the Asian Games (1994 and 1998).

Lee made her Olympic debut at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. She failed to reach the top 16 final in the 100 m freestyle, finishing only in thirty-fifth place at 58.27.^[2] A member of the South Korean team, she placed nineteenth in the 4×100 m freestyle relay (3:57.83), and eighteenth each in the 4×200 m freestyle relay (8:22.90) and in the 4×100 m medley relay (4:18.98).^[3][4][5]

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Lee drastically shortened her program on her second Olympic appearance, swimming only in two events. She achieved a FINA B-cut of 1:02.54 from the Asian Championships in Busan.^[6] On the first day of the Games, Lee placed thirty-fifth in the 100 m butterfly. Swimming in heat three, she powered past the field with an early lead at the first turn, but faded down the stretch to a fourth-place time and a lifetime best of 1:02.22.^[7][8] Lee also teamed up with Shim Min-Ji, Chang Hee-Jin, and Ku Hyo-Jin in the 4×100 m medley relay. Swimming the butterfly leg in heat two, Lee recorded a split of 1:03.15, but the South Koreans rounded out a six-team field to last place and seventeenth overall in a final time of 4:16.93.^[9][10]

References

1. "Lee Bo-eun". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
2. "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Women's 100m Freestyle Heat 3" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 37. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
3. "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Women's 4×100m Freestyle Relay Heat 1" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 51. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
4. "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Women's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Heat 2" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 52. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
5. "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Women's 4×100m Medley Relay Heat 2" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 53. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
6. "Swimming – Women's 100m Butterfly Startlist (Heat 3)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
7. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 100m Butterfly Heat 3" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 224. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
8. Newberry, Paul (16 September 2000). "Thompson anchors U.S. relay win; Thorpe wins 400 free". Canoe.ca. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
9. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 4×100m Medley Relay Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 364. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
10. "Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (Women's 4×100m Medley Relay)". Canoe.ca. Retrieved 14 June 2013.