Choi Kyu-woong

Choi Kyu-Woong

Personal information
Nationality	South Korea
Born	28 May 1990 Busan, South Korea
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 ^1⁄2 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
College team	Korea National Sport University
Coach	Lee Woo-Shin[1]
Medal record Men's swimming Representing  South Korea Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou 200 m breaststroke 2010 Guangzhou 4×100 m medley East Asian Games 2009 Hong Kong 100 m breaststroke 2009 Hong Kong 200 m breaststroke

Choi Kyu-Woong (also Choi Gyu-Wung, Korean: 최 규웅; born May 28, 1990 in Busan) is a South Korean swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.^[1][2] He shared silver medals with China's Xue Ruipeng in the 200 m breaststroke at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, in a time of 2:12.25.^[3] He also collected two medals (silver and bronze) in both 100 and 200 m breaststroke at the 2009 East Asian Games in Hong Kong, China.^[4][5] Choi is a member of the swimming team at the Korea National Sport University in Seoul, under his personal coach Lee Woo-Shin.^[1]

Choi qualified for the men's 200 m breaststroke at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by breaking a South Korean record and clearing a FINA A-standard time of 2:11.17 from the FINA World Championships in Shanghai, China.^[6][7][8] He challenged seven other swimmers on the third heat, including former silver medalist Dániel Gyurta of Hungary and local favorite Michael Jamieson of Great Britain. Choi raced to seventh place by less than 0.04 of a second behind Ukraine's Igor Borysik in 2:13.57. Choi failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed twenty-fifth overall in the preliminary heats.^[9]

References

1. "Choi Kyu-Woong". London 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
2. "Choi Kyu-Woong". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
3. "Asian Games: Sun Yang Rattles Grant Hackett's World Record, Ye Shiwen Shines". Swimming World Magazine. 18 November 2010. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
4. "East Asian Games: Chen Huijia Lowers Asian Record in 50 Breast". Swimming World Magazine. 6 December 2009. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
5. "East Asian Games: Ryosuke Irie, Chen Huijia Shine On Third Night". Swimming World Magazine. 8 December 2009. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
6. Cho, Mu-hyun (27 January 2012). "Tougher Olympic path for swimmers". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
7. "Qualifying Athletes – Men's 200 m breaststroke" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
8. "FINA World Championships, Swimming: Daniel Gyurta Overtakes Kosuke Kitajima for 200 Breast Gold". Swimming World Magazine. 29 July 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
9. "Men's 200m Breaststroke Heat 3". London 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2013.

External links

• NBC Olympics Profile