Lee Yeon-kyung (Korean: 이연경; born 15 April 1981) is a South Korean track and field athlete who competes in the 100 metres hurdles.
| Medal record | ||
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| Women's athletics | ||
Representing  South Korea
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| Asian Games | ||
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2010 Guangzhou | 100 m hurdles |
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2006 Doha | 100 m hurdles |
| Asian Championships | ||
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2005 Incheon | 100 m hurdles |
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2007 Amman | 100 m hurdles |
She established herself at national level with back-to-back wins at the South Korean athletics championship from 1998 to 2001.[1] Her first major international medal came at the 2005 Asian Athletics Championships held in Incheon, where she took the silver medal behind China's Su Yiping.[2] The following year she reached the podium at the 2006 Asian Games, taking home the bronze medal in the women's hurdles.[3] Her time of 13.23 seconds in the final was a new South Korean record for the event.[4] She competed at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships and won another bronze while Japan's Mami Ishino took the continental title.[5]
Lee improved her national record in 2010, running a time of 13.12 seconds at the Colorful Daegu Pre-Championships Meeting in May.[4] Further progress came at that year's national championships, which she won in a new best of 13 seconds exactly.[6] Her season peaked at the 2010 Asian Games where she pipped Natalya Ivoninskaya, a Kazakh Olympian, to the gold medal in the final and became the first Korean to win the hurdles title at the games.[7]
References
edit- ^ South Korean Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-12-10.
- ^ Asian Championships, Day Two. IAAF (2005-09-02). Retrieved on 2010-12-10.
- ^ China's women hurdlers dominate in Doha. Xinhua (2006-12-11). Retrieved on 2010-12-10.
- ^ a b Jalava, Mirko (2010-05-19). 9.86 World lead for Bolt - Oliver over Robles - Jeter over VCB - Daegu World Challenge meet report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-12-10.
- ^ Asian Championships - Day Three. IAAF (2007-07-28). Retrieved on 2010-12-10.
- ^ Eder, Larry (2010-06-08). adidas Grand Prix: No Tyson Gay? by alfons Juck, note by Larry Eder. RunBlogRun. Retrieved on 2010-12-10.
- ^ Ogunode and Fukushima complete doubles in Guangzhou - Asian Games, Day 5. IAAF (2010-11-26). Retrieved on 2010-12-10.
