Lee Yoo-yeon

South Korean swimmer (born 2000)

In this Korean name, the family name is  Lee.

Lee Yoo-yeon

Personal information

Nationality| South Korean
Born|  (2000-09-04) September 4, 2000 (age 24)
Anyang, South Korea
Sport
Country| South Korea
Sport| Swimming
Event| Freestyle

Medal record

World Championships (LC)
| 2024 Doha | 4×200 m freestyle
Asian Games
| 2022 Hangzhou | 4×200 m freestyle
| 2022 Hangzhou | 4x100 m freestyle

Korean name
Hangul|

이유연

Revised Romanization| I Yuyeon
McCune–Reischauer| I Yuyŏn

Lee Yoo-yeon (Korean: 이유연; born September 4, 2000) is a South Korean swimmer specialized in freestyle.

## Career

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In October 2018, he represented South Korea at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He competed in 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 200m freestyle and mixed 4 × 100m freestyle relay events. In the 50m freestyle heats event, he completed at rank 9, allowing him to advance to compete in the semifinal.[1] In the 50m freestyle semifinal event, he completed at rank 8 with Robin Hanson.[2] In semifinal swim-off against Robin, he completed at rank 2 hence did not advance to compete in the final.[3] In the 100m freestyle heats event, he completed at rank 1, allowing him to advance to compete in the semifinal.[4] In the 100m freestyle semifinal event, he completed at rank 3, allowing him to compete in the final which he completed at rank 5.[5][6] In the 200m freestyle heats event, he completed at rank 7, allowing him to compete in the final which he completed at rank 8.[7][8] In the freestyle relay event, the team did not advance to compete in the final.[9]

In July 2019, he represented South Korea at the 2019 Summer Universiade held in Naples, Italy. He competed in the 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 200m freestyle, 400m freestyle, 4 × 100m freestyle relay, 4 × 200m freestyle relay and 4 × 100m medley relay at the .[10][11] In the same month, he represented South Korea at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships. He competed in 4 × 200m freestyle relay, the team did not advance to compete in the final and qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics which are awarded to top 12 teams in the standings.[12]

In July 2021, he represented South Korea at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[13] He competed in 4 × 200m freestyle relay event. The team did not advance to compete in the final.[14]

## References

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1. ^ "Men's 50m Freestyle Heats Results Summary – Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympics". FINA. Archived from the original on July 30, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
2. ^ "Men's 50m Freestyle Semifinals Results Summary – Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympics". FINA. Archived from the original on July 30, 2021. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
3. ^ "Men's 50m Freestyle Semifinals Swim-off Results Summary – Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympics". FINA. Archived from the original on July 30, 2021. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
4. ^ "Men's 100m Freestyle Heats Results Summary – Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympics". FINA. Archived from the original on July 30, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
5. ^ "Men's 100m Freestyle Semifinals Results Summary – Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympics". FINA. Archived from the original on July 30, 2021. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
6. ^ "Men's 100m Freestyle Final Results – Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympics". FINA. Archived from the original on July 30, 2021. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
7. ^ "Men's 200m Freestyle Heats Results Summary – Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympics". FINA. Archived from the original on July 30, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
8. ^ "Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results – Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympics". FINA. Archived from the original on July 30, 2021. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
9. ^ "Mixed's 4 × 100m Freestyle Relay Heats Results Summary – Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympics". FINA. Archived from the original on July 30, 2021. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
10. ^ "Universiade 2019 Daily Sport Bulletin Swimming – July 5". 2019 Summer Universiade. Archived from the original on July 27, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
11. ^ "Universiade 2019 Daily Sport Bulletin Swimming – July 4". 2019 Summer Universiade. Archived from the original on July 27, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
12. ^ Yoo, Jee-ho (July 26, 2019). "(Gwangju Swimming) Nat'l records not enough as S. Koreans get eliminated in preliminaries". Yonhap News Agency. Archived from the original on July 30, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
13. ^ Kim, Do-yong (July 27, 2021). "[올림픽] '뉴 마린보이' 황선우, 한국신기록으로 자유형 100m 예선 통과(종합)" [[Olympic] 'New Marine Boy' Hwang Seon-woo passes the 100m freestyle qualifier with a new Korean record (comprehensive)]. Naver (in Korean). News1. Archived from the original on July 27, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
14. ^ "Men's 4 × 200m Freestyle Heats Results Summary – Tokyo 2020 Olympics" (PDF). Olympics.com. July 27, 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 27, 2021. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

## External links

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* Lee Yoo-yeon at World Aquatics
* Lee Yoo-yeon at SwimRankings.net
* Lee Yoo-yeon at Olympedia
* Lee Yoo-yeon profile at 2020 Summer Olympics at the Wayback Machine (archived July 30, 2021)

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