Lee Da-hye (swimmer)

Lee Da-hye
Personal information
Full name Lee Da-hye
National team  South Korea
Born (1987-04-05) 5 April 1987
Seoul, South Korea
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Backstroke
This is a Korean name; the family name is Lee.

Lee Da-hye (Korean: 이 다혜; born April 5, 1987) is a South Korean swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events.[1] Lee qualified for the women's 200 m backstroke at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 2:14.88 from the Dong-A Swimming Tournament in Seoul.[2][3] She challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including top medal favorite Evelyn Verrasztó of Hungary. She edged out Guatemala's Gisela Morales to claim a fifth spot by half a second in 2:17.73. Lee failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed twenty-fifth overall in the preliminaries.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Lee Da-hye". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  2. ↑ "Swimming – Women's 200m Backstroke Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  3. ↑ "동아수영, 김보미 접영 50ｍ 대회신" [Dong-A swimming: Kim Bo-mi wins gold in the 50m butterfly] (in Korean). The Hankyoreh. 19 April 2004. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Women's 200m Backstroke Heat 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 19 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  5. ↑ Thomas, Stephen (19 August 2004). "Women's 200 Backstroke, Day 6 Prelims: Top Seeds Komarova and Nakamura Qualify Fastest". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
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