Baek Il-joo

Baek Il-Joo

Personal information
Nationality	South Korea
Born	(1985-08-14) 14 August 1985 (age 39) Seoul, South Korea
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Cheollabukdo Sports Council[1]

In this Korean name, the family name is Baek.

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]

Swimming career

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]

References

1. "Baek Il-Joo". London 2012. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Baek Il-Joo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
3. "Qualifying Athletes – Women's 200 m freestyle" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
4. "Women's 200m Freestyle Heat 1". London 2012. Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2013.

External links

• NBC Olympics Profile