Baek Il-joo
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |
 South Korea |
| Born |
14 August 1985 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] |
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]
References
- 1 2 "Baek Il-Joo". London 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
- ↑ "Baek Il-Joo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
- ↑ "Qualifying Athletes – Women's 200 m freestyle" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ↑ "Women's 200m Freestyle Heat 1". London 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
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