Roh Joo-hee

Roh Joo-hee (also No Ju-hui, Korean: 노 주희; born March 18, 1983) is a South Korean former swimmer, who specialized in middle-distance freestyle and breaststroke events.[1] As a teenager, she represented South Korea in two editions of the Olympic Games (1996 and 2000), and also held numerous career bests and national records in both 200 and 400 m freestyle.

Roh Joo-hee
Personal information
Full nameRoh Joo-hee
National team South Korea
Born (1983-03-18) 18 March 1983
Seoul, South Korea
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, breaststroke
In this Korean name, the family name is Roh.

Roh made her Olympic debut, as South Korea's youngest ever swimmer in history (aged 13), at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.[2] She failed to reach the top 16 final in the 200 m breaststroke, finishing only in twenty-eighth place at 2:36.20.[3]

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Roh competed only in a middle-distance freestyle double. She achieved FINA B-standards of 2:03.40 (200 m freestyle) and 4:20.02 (400 m freestyle) from the Asian Championships in Busan.[4][5][6] On the second day of the Games, Roh placed thirty-seventh in the 400 m freestyle. Swimming in heat two, she faded down the stretch to pick up a seventh seed in 4:25.66, more than a dozen body length behind leader Laetitia Choux of France.[7][8] The following day, in the 200 m freestyle, Roh posted a time of 2:07.21 to round out the field in heat three, but finished only in thirty-third place on the morning prelims.[9][10]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Roh Joo-hee". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  2. "Swimmers may get gold medals before driver's licenses". The Augusta Chronicle. 18 July 1996. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  3. "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Women's 200m Breaststroke Heat 3" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 45. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  4. "Swimming – Women's 200m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 3)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  5. "Swimming – Women's 400m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  6. "Albert fifth in Asian Swimming C'ships". Jakarta: The Jakarta Post. 31 March 2000. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  7. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 400m Freestyle Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 189. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  8. "Dolan breaks own world mark in 400 IM". Canoe.ca. 17 September 2000. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  9. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 200m Freestyle Heat 3" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 183. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  10. "Malchow sets Olympic record in 200 fly". Canoe.ca. 18 September 2000. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
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