Personal information | |
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Nationality | South Korea |
Born | Seoul, South Korea | 14 August 1985
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Freestyle |
Club | Cheollabukdo Sports Council [1] |
Baek Il-Joo (also Baek Il-Ju, Korean: 백 일주; born August 14, 1985, in Seoul) is a South Korean swimmer, who specializes in freestyle events. [1] [2]
Baek qualified for the women's 200 m freestyle, as South Korea's oldest swimmer (aged 26), at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by eclipsing the FINA B-standard entry time of 2:01.24 at the Dong-A Swimming Tournament in Ulsan. [3]
She challenged four other swimmers on the first heat at the Olympics, including two-time Olympian Natthanan Junkrajang of Thailand. Baek raced to third place by 0.77 of a second behind Switzerland's Danielle Villars with a third-slowest time of 2:04.32. Baek failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed thirty-third overall in the preliminary heats. [4]
Personal information | |
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Nationality | South Korea |
Born | Seoul, South Korea | 14 August 1985
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Freestyle |
Club | Cheollabukdo Sports Council [1] |
Baek Il-Joo (also Baek Il-Ju, Korean: 백 일주; born August 14, 1985, in Seoul) is a South Korean swimmer, who specializes in freestyle events. [1] [2]
Baek qualified for the women's 200 m freestyle, as South Korea's oldest swimmer (aged 26), at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by eclipsing the FINA B-standard entry time of 2:01.24 at the Dong-A Swimming Tournament in Ulsan. [3]
She challenged four other swimmers on the first heat at the Olympics, including two-time Olympian Natthanan Junkrajang of Thailand. Baek raced to third place by 0.77 of a second behind Switzerland's Danielle Villars with a third-slowest time of 2:04.32. Baek failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed thirty-third overall in the preliminary heats. [4]