Lee Min-hye (11 October 1985 – 12 November 2018) was a South Korean professional racing cyclist. Lee represented her country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, finishing 19th in the points race.[2] She achieved great success in a major international road racing competition at the 2010 Asian Games Individual Time Trial event by winning the gold medal in the 35.6-kilometre (22.1-mile) course in the time of 49 minutes and 38.35 seconds.[3] She also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, in the women's omnium, finishing in 15th place.[4]
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| Full name | Lee Min-hye | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 October 1985 Busan, South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 12 November 2018 (aged 33) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb; 9 st 6 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2008 | Team Specialized Designs for Women | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In 2016, Lee was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, and died on 12 November 2018.[5]
Major results
editSource: [6]
- 2003
- 3rd
Scratch, UCI Juniors Track World Championships - 2006
- Asian Games
- 1st
Individual pursuit - 2nd
Points race - 3rd Time trial
- 1st
- Asian Track Championships
- 1st
Individual pursuit - 2nd
Team sprint
- 1st
- Asian Road Championships
- 2nd Time trial
- 3rd
Road race
- 2nd
- 2007
- 1st Individual pursuit, Asian Track Championships
- 1st GP Rund um Visp
- 2nd Time trial, Asian Road Championships
- 2nd Tour de Berne
- 2008
- 2nd Points race, 2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Los Angeles
- 2010
- Asian Games
- 1st Time trial
- 2nd Individual pursuit
- 1st
- Asian Track Championships
- 2nd Scratch
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 2nd
- 2011
- Asian Track Championships
- 1st Omnium
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 1st
- 2012
- 3rd Omnium, Asian Track Championships
- 2013
- Asian Track Championships
- 1st Team pursuit
- 2nd Omnium
- 1st
- 2014
- 2nd Team pursuit, Asian Games (with Lee Chaek-Yung, Lee Ju-mi, Na A-reum, Son Hee-jung and Kim You-ri)
- Asian Track Championships
- 2nd Team pursuit (with Lee Ju-mi, Na A-reum and Kim You-ri)
- 3rd Omnium
- 2nd
- 2015
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
References
edit- ^ a b "Athlete Biography: LEE Minhye". Beijing Olympics official website. Archived from the original on 9 September 2008. Retrieved 5 September 2008.
- ^ "points race women results - Cycling Track - Beijing 2008 Olympics". www.olympic.org. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ "South Korea scores double win in Asian Games time trials - VeloNews.com". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
- ^ "Omnium women results - Cycling Track - London Olympics". www.olympic.org. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ In-young, Choi (13 November 2018). "AG 사이클 금메달리스트 이민혜, 백혈병으로 세상 떠나" [AG cycling gold medalist Lee Min-hye dies of leukemia]. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- ^ "Min Hye Lee". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
External links
edit- Lee Min-Hye at Cycling Archives
- Lee Min-Hye at Olympedia
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