Ku Hyo-jin

Ku Hyo-Jin (also Gu Hyo-Jin, Korean: 구 효진; born June 19, 1985) is a South Korean former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] She represented South Korea, as a 15-year-old, at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and later helped her squad capture the bronze medal for the host nation at the 2002 Asian Games.

Ku Hyo-jin
Personal information
Full nameKu Hyo-jin
National team South Korea
Born (1985-06-19) 19 June 1985
Seoul, South Korea
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing South Korea
Asian Games
2002 Busan 4×100 m medley
In this Korean name, the family name is Gu.

Ku competed only in two swimming events at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She achieved a FINA B-cut of 2:31.76 from the Dong-A Swimming Tournament in Ulsan.[2] In the 200 m breaststroke, Ku failed to advance to the top 8 final, as she finished her semifinal run with an eleventh-place time in 2:28.50.[3][4] Earlier in the prelims, she made a surprise packet with a new South Korean record of 2:28.21 from an outside lane in heat four to pick up a similar seed for the top 16 field.[5][6] Ku also teamed up with Shim Min-ji, Chang Hee-jin, and Lee Bo-eun in the 4×100 m medley relay. Swimming the breaststroke leg in heat two, Ku recorded a split of 1:10.89, but the South Koreans rounded out a six-team field to last place and seventeenth overall in a final time of 4:16.93.[7][8]

When her nation hosted the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, Ku gave the South Korean home crowd a further reason to celebrate, as she shared bronze medals with Shim Min-ji and newcomers Park Kyung-hwa and Sun So-eun in the 4×100 m medley relay (4:13.41).[9] She also attempted for her first career medal in the 100 m breaststroke, but finished off the podium by exactly a single second with a fifth-place time of 1:11.11.[10]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ku Hyo-Jin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  2. "Swimming – Women's 200m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 4)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  3. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 200m Breaststroke Semifinal 1" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 264. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  4. "Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (Women's 200m Breaststroke)". Canoe.ca. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  5. Whitten, Phillip (20 September 2000). "Olympic Day 5 Prelims". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  6. "[시드니 속보]수영 구효진 11위 역대최고성적" [Breaking news, Sydney: Ku Hyo-jin finished in 11th place] (in Korean). The Dong-a Ilbo. 20 September 2000. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  7. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 4×100m Medley Relay Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 364. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  8. "Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (Women's 4×100m Medley Relay)". Canoe.ca. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  9. "Wu and Qi Win Third Gold Apiece, as China Winds Up a Dominant Performance at Asian Games". Swimming World Magazine. 5 October 2002. Archived from the original on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  10. "China Sweeps All Five Events on Day Two of Asian Games". Swimming World Magazine. 1 October 2002. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2013.


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