Lee Chung-hee (swimmer)

Lee Chung-hee
Personal information
Full name Lee Chung-hee
National team  South Korea
Born (1981-04-25) 25 April 1981
Gangwon-do, South Korea
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
This is a Korean name; the family name is Lee.
Lee Chung-hee
Hangul 이충희
Revised Romanization Yi Chung-hui
McCune–Reischauer Yi Ch'unghŭi

Lee Chung-Hee (also Lee Chung-Hui, Korean: 이충희; born April 25, 1981) is a South Korean former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] He is a sixth-place finalist in the 50 m freestyle, when his nation South Korea hosted the 2002 Asian Games in Busan.[2]

Lee qualified for two swimming events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by eclipsing FINA B-standard entry times of 22.95 (50 m freestyle) and 51.84 (100 m freestyle) from the Dong-A Swimming Tournament in Seoul.[3][4][5] In the 100 m freestyle, Lee challenged seven other swimmers on the third heat, including Olympic veteran Carl Probert of Fiji. He shared a second seed and forty-fifth place tie with Panama's Ismael Ortiz in 51.74.[6][7] In his second event, 50 m freestyle, Lee placed thirty-fifth overall on the morning's preliminaries. Swimming in heat seven, he picked up a fourth spot by 0.15 of a second behind Serbia and Montenegro's Milorad Čavić in 23.05.[8][9]

References

  1. "Lee Chung-Hee". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  2. "Wu and Qi Win Third Gold Apiece, as China Winds Up a Dominant Performance at Asian Games". Swimming World Magazine. 5 October 2002. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  3. "Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 7)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  4. "Swimming – Men's 100m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 3)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  5. "아깝다 0.22초" [0.22-second shame] (in Korean). The Dong-a Ilbo. 20 April 2004. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  6. "Men's 100m Freestyle Heat 3". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  7. Thomas, Stephen (18 August 2004). "Men’s 100 Freestyle Prelims Day 4: Lezak, Crocker Fail to Qualify. Hoogie Best with 48.70". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  8. "Men's 50m Freestyle Heat 7". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 20 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  9. Thomas, Stephen (19 August 2004). "Men’s 50 Freestyle Prelims Day 6: Hall Splashes a Hot 22.04, Fastest Qualifier; Lezak Makes This One but Popov, Hoogie Bow Out". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
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