Lee Jun-ho (gymnast)

Lee Jun-ho
Nickname(s)	Jaemijuno
Born	(1995-10-22) 22 October 1995 (age 29) Seoul, South Korea
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	South Korea
Level	Senior International Elite
Club	Korea National Sport University
Head coach(es)	Jo Seong-Min
Medal record Representing  South Korea Asian Games 2018 Jakarta Team Asian Gymnastics Championships 2012 Putian Floor exercise 2015 Hiroshima Team 2015 Hiroshima Horizontal bar Summer Universiade 2015 Gwangju Team

Lee Jun-ho (Korean: 이준호; born 22 October 1995) is a South Korean male artistic gymnast who represented South Korea at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games. He won a bronze medal in the team competition at the 2018 Asian Games. He is a three-time Asian Championships bronze medalist.

Early life

Lee was born in 1995 in Seoul. He began gymnastics when he was ten years old.[2]

Career

At the 2012 Asian Championships, Lee won a bronze medal on the floor exercise behind Kenzō Shirai and Kim Han-sol.[3] He represented South Korea at the 2015 Summer Universiade and helped the team win the silver medal behind Japan.[4] Then at the 2015 Asian Championships, he won a bronze medal with the South Korean team and on the horizontal bar.[5][6] He made his World Championships debut in 2015 where South Korea placed seventh in the team final.[7]

Lee competed at the 2016 Glasgow World Cup and placed ninth in the all-around.[8] He represented South Korea at the 2018 Asian Games and helped the team win the bronze medal behind China and Japan.[9] He competed with the South Korean team that placed 13th in the qualification round of the 2018 World Championships.[10]

At the 2019 World Championships, Lee helped the South Korean team finish ninth in the qualification round, making them the first reserve for the team final.[11] Additionally, this result earned South Korea a team berth for the 2020 Olympics.[12] After the World Championships, he competed at the 2019 Swiss Cup Zürich alongside Yeo Seo-jeong, and they finished seventh.[13]

Lee finished second in the all-around at South Korea's Olympic Trials and was selected to represent South Korea at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Kim Han-sol, Ryu Sung-hyun, and Yang Hak-seon.[14] At the Olympic Games, the team placed 11th during the qualification round.[15] Individually, he finished 22nd in the all-around final.[16] After the Olympic Games, he competed at the World Championships but did not qualify for any finals.[17]

Lee finished fifth on the vault at the 2022 Doha World Cup.[18] Then at the 2022 World Championships, he helped South Korea qualify for the team final and place eighth.[19] Individually, he qualified for the vault final and placed sixth.[20]

At the 2023 World Championships, Lee finished 23rd in the all-around during the qualification round.[21] With this result, he earned an individual berth for the 2024 Olympic Games.[22] He also finished 23rd in the all-around final.[23]

Competitive history

Year	Event	Team	AA	FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB
2012
	Asian Championships	4	4				5
2015	Summer Universiade
	Asian Championships		4	7
	World Championships	7
2016	Glasgow World Cup		9
2018
	Asian Games		9					7
	World Championships	13
2019
	World Championships	R1
	Swiss Cup	7
2021	Olympic Trials
	Olympic Games	11	22
	World Championships		40
2022	Doha World Cup						5
	World Championships	8					6
2023
	World Championships		23
2024
	Olympic Games		38

References

1. "Lee Junho". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
2. "Lee Junho". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
3. "5th Artistic Gymnastics Asian Championships Results Floor Exercise" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. Asian Gymnastics Union. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
4. "Artistic Gymnastics Men's Qualification & Team Final Results" (PDF). Gwangju 2015. 5 July 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
5. "6th Senior Artistic Gymnastics Asian Championships Men's Final Team All-Around Result" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. Asian Gymnastics Union. 1 August 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
6. "6th Senior Artistic Gymnastics Asian Championships Men's Finals Apparatus Result" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. Asian Gymnastics Union. 2 August 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
7. "46th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, Glasgow (GBR) Men's Team Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 28 October 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
8. "All-Around Results Men's Competition Mens & Womens Artistic - Glasgow FIG Artistic World" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. 12 March 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
9. "Artistic Gymnastics Men's Team Final". 2018 Asian Games. Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
10. "48th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Doha (QAT), 25 October - 3 November 2018 Men's Team Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 25 October 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
11. "49th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Stuttgart (GER), 4 October - 13 October 2019 Men's Team Quaification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
12. "List of the Artistic Gymnastics Tokyo 2020 Olympic Qualifiers" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
13. Hopkins, Lauren (3 November 2019). "2019 Swiss Cup Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
14. Park, Geun-hyung (14 June 2021). "2021년도 남자 기계체조 올림픽대표 최종선발전 종료‥류성현 1위!" [The final selection for the 2021 men's gymnastics Olympic team is over... Ryu Seong-hyun, 1st place!]. EduYonhap (in Korean). Retrieved 15 May 2024.
15. "Artistic Gymnastics: Men's Qualification – Results" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
16. "Artistic Gymnastics: Men's All-Around Final – Results" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
17. "50th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Kitakyushu (JPN), 18 October - 24 October 2021 Men's All-Around Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 19 October 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
18. Hopkins, Lauren (5 March 2022). "2022 Doha World Cup Men's Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
19. "51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Liverpool (GBR), 29 October - 6 November 2022 Men's Team Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 2 November 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
20. "51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Liverpool (GBR), 29 October - 6 November 2022 Men's Vault Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 6 November 2022. p. 4. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
21. "Team and individual finals set, after men's qualifications conclude at Worlds". International Gymnast Magazine. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
22. "Final nine Men's Artistic Gymnastics teams solidify Olympic team qualification in Paris". International Gymnastics Federation. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
23. "52nd FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Antwerp (BEL), 30 September - 8 October 2023 Men's All-Around Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 5 October 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2024.

External links

• Lee Junho at the International Gymnastics Federation