Lee Hye-jin explained
Lee Hye-jin |
Birth Date: | 23 January 1992 |
Birth Place: | Gyeonggi, South Korea |
Height: | 1.65 m |
Weight: | 61 kg |
Discipline: | Track |
Role: | Rider |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Lee Hye-jin (pronounced as /ko/ or pronounced as /ko/ pronounced as /ko/, born) is a South Korean track cyclist.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the women's sprint, women's keirin, and women's team sprint.[1]
She was eighth at the 2016 Summer Olympics in keirin.
Lee won the silver medal in the women's keirin at the 2018 Asian Games.[2]
At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she again competed in the women's keirin and women's sprint.[3] She won a silver medal in the women's keirin at the 2020 World Championships, the best result ever for a Korean cyclist.[4] With this result, she became the world number 1 in women's keirin.
Alongside Hwang Hyeon-seo, Kim Ha-eun, Cho Sun-yong, Lee was part of the women's sprint team that won the silver medal at the 2022 Asian Games.[5]
Major results
- 2014
Asian Track Championships
2nd 500m Time Trial
2nd Team Sprint (with Kim Won-gyeong)
2nd Team Sprint, Asian Games (with Kim Won-gyeong)
2nd Sprint, Japan Track Cup 1
3rd Keirin, Japan Track Cup 2
Incheon International Track Competition
3rd Keirin
3rd Sprint
- 2015
Asian Track Championships
1st Team Sprint (with Choi Seulgi)
2nd Keirin
- 2016
2nd Team Sprint, Asian Track Championships (with Cho Sun-young)
- 2017
1st Team Sprint, Asian Track Championships (with Kim Won-gyeong)Notes and References
- https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/lee-hye-jin-2.html . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417234442/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/lee-hye-jin-2.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 25 May 2015.
- Web site: 2018-08-28 . Asian Games gold for Hong Kong cyclist Sarah Lee in women's keirin . 2024-08-24 . South China Morning Post . en.
- Web site: 24 August 2024 . Hyejin Lee at Olympics.com . Olympics.com.
- Web site: Daily . The Chosun . 2024-02-27 . Cyclist Lee Hye-jin Claims World No. 1 Spot in Women's Keirin Rankings . 2024-08-24 . The Chosun Daily . ko.
- Web site: 2023-09-26 . Korea wins silver in team track cycling . 2024-08-24 . koreatimes . en.