Lee Hye-jin
 Lee Hye-jin (2020) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 23 January 1992 Gyeonggi, South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Track | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lee Hye-jin (Korean pronunciation: [i.ɦje̞.dʑin] or [i] [hje̞.dʑin], born ) is a South Korean track cyclist.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the women's sprint, women's keirin, and women's team sprint.[1]
She was eighth at the 2016 Summer Olympics in keirin.
Lee won the silver medal in the women's keirin at the 2018 Asian Games.[2]
At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she again competed in the women's keirin and women's sprint.[3] She won a silver medal in the women's keirin at the 2020 World Championships, the best result ever for a Korean cyclist.[4] With this result, she became the world number 1 in women's keirin.[4]
Alongside Hwang Hyeon-seo, Kim Ha-eun, Cho Sun-yong, Lee was part of the women's sprint team that won the silver medal at the 2022 Asian Games.[5]
Major results
[edit]- 2014
- Asian Track Championships
- 2nd
500m Time Trial - 2nd Team Sprint (with Kim Won-gyeong)
- 2nd
- 2nd Team Sprint, Asian Games (with Kim Won-gyeong)
- 2nd Sprint, Japan Track Cup 1
- 3rd Keirin, Japan Track Cup 2
- Incheon International Track Competition
- 3rd Keirin
- 3rd Sprint
- 2015
- Asian Track Championships
- 1st
Team Sprint (with Choi Seulgi) - 2nd Keirin
- 1st
- 2016
- 2nd Team Sprint, Asian Track Championships (with Cho Sun-young)
- 2017
- 1st Team Sprint, Asian Track Championships (with Kim Won-gyeong)
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lee Hye-jin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ^ "Asian Games gold for Hong Kong cyclist Sarah Lee in women's keirin". South China Morning Post. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
- ^ "Hyejin Lee at Olympics.com". Olympics.com. 24 August 2024.
- ^ a b Daily, The Chosun (27 February 2024). "Cyclist Lee Hye-jin Claims World No. 1 Spot in Women's Keirin Rankings". The Chosun Daily (in Korean). Retrieved 24 August 2024.
- ^ "Korea wins silver in team track cycling". koreatimes. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
External links
[edit]- Lee Hye-Jin at Cycling Archives
- Lee Hye-Jin at Olympedia
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