Showing posts with label South Korean Sportswomen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label South Korean Sportswomen. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

South Korea Swimmer - Jeong Da-rae - 정다래

The Cute Swimmer - Jeong Da-rae  


(Korean: 정다래; born December 2, 199) is a South Korean swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. She is a gold medalist in the 200 m breaststroke at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.


Jeong made her official debut, as a 16-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she qualified for the women's 200 m breaststroke. She cleared a FINA B-cut of 2:27.78 from the Good Luck Beijing China Open.On the evening preliminaries, Jeong rounded out the semifinal field by taking the final spot in a lifetime best of 2:27.28, just half a second (0.50) faster than her entry time.The next morning's session, Jeong failed to qualify for the final, as she placed fourteenth overall in the semifinal run at 2:28.28.
At the 2009 FINA World Championships in Rome, Italy, Jeong matched her preliminary heat time of 2:25.00 in the semifinals, but finished only in twelfth place. Six months later, she edged out her teammate Jung Seul-ki to take a silver medal by a two-tenth margin (0.20) in the same discipline at the East Asian Games in Hong Kong, China, breaking her personal best of 2:24.90.


At the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, Jeong picked up the women's 200 m breaststroke title in 2:25.02, beating two Chinese swimmers for the silver and bronze medals.Jeong's best effort at the Asian Games moved her up to fifteenth in the world rankings.]



Four years after competing in her first Olympics, Jeong qualified for her second South Korean team, as a 20-year-old, at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. She attained a FINA A-standard entry time of 2:26.07 from the Dong-A Swimming Tournament in Ulsan.[13] Jeong shared a fourteenth fastest qualifying time of 2:26.83 with Russia's Yuliya Efimova in the morning's preliminary heats to secure a spot for the semifinals. On the evening session, Jeong failed to qualify for the final, as she finished her semifinal run with a slowest time of 2:28.74.

Monday, September 26, 2016

South Korea Gymnast - Son Yeon Jae

Fall in love with Korean gymnast's amazing moves -- and pretty face

 

Rhythmic gymnast Son Yeon Jae has captured netizens hearts after impressing the audience with her moves at the 2016 Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro.

Not to mention, her pretty face.
  
  


Although this year she was unable to win any medal, it is already a large milestone for South Korea to be sending their first rhythmic gymnast to the Olympics for the second time.

Son Yeon Jae’s flexibility and elegance stunned the audience at what she could do. Even though she didn’t go home with a medal this time around, the young gymnast has plenty of time to practice and prepare for the next Summer Olympic Games in 2020.



 



 

Sunday, September 25, 2016

South Korean Pool Player - Jeanette Lee

Korean Pool Player - Jeanette Lee

Jeanette Lee (born Lee Jin-Hee, Hangul: 이진희, July 9, 1971 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American professional pool player. She was nicknamed "the Black Widow" by her friends because of how, in spite of her sweet demeanor, she would "eat people alive" when she got to a pool table. Jeanette is an American of Korean descent.

 


Lee started playing pool in 1989. She went on to rank as the No. 1 female pool player in the world during the 1990s, and received the Women's Professional Billiard Association (WPBA) Sportsperson of the Year Award in 1998. She was three times runner-up at the World Nine-ball Championships (women's), from 1993-96. In addition to many top finishes on the WPBA Tour, she won the gold medal for the United States at the 2001 World Games in Akita, Japan, and won the ladies' US$25,000 winner-take-all Tournament of Champions twice, in 1999 and 2003. Lee also wrote The Black Widow's Guide to Killer Pool.

In 2001, Lee challenged Efren Reyes to a race-to-13 exhibition match at nine-ball, in Manila, Philippines, but lost 4-13.



For 2007, she was ranked #4 in Pool & Billiard Magazine's "Fans' Top 20 Favorite Players" poll.



Thursday, September 8, 2016

South Korea Professional Pool Player - Cha Yu-ram - 차유람 (Part 1 of 3)

Cute Pool Player - Cha Yu-ram


Cha Yu-ram (born July 23, 1987) is a South Korean professional pool player.[1] She won gold for nine-ball singles in the 2009 Asian Indoor Games.


 

  

  

  
 

To Part 2

Friday, September 2, 2016

South Korea Figure Skating - Kim Yuna - 김연아

Kim Yuna 


(born 5 September 1990 is a former South Korean figure skater. She is the 2010 Olympic championand 2014 silver medalist in ladies' singles; the 2009, 2013 World champion; the 2009 Four Continents champion; a three-time (2006–2007, 2007–2008, 2009–2010) Grand Prix Final champion; the 2006 World Junior champion; the 2005 Junior Grand Prix Final champion; and a six-time (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2013, 2014) South Korean national champion.


Kim is the first South Korean figure skater to win a medal at an ISU Junior or Senior Grand Prix event, ISU Championship, and the Olympic Games. She is the first female skater to win the Olympic Games, the World Championships, the Four Continents Championships and the Grand Prix Final. She is one of the most highly recognized athletes and media figures in South Korea. As a result of her numerous accomplishments, she is frequently referred to as "Queen Yuna" by various media across the world.

 

She is the current record holder for ladies in the combined total under the ISU Judging System. She has broken world record scores 11 times under the ISU Judging System since 2007, eight of which being records she herself set. She is also the first female skater to surpass the 140-point and 150-point free skating mark and the 200-point total mark] under the ISU Judging System. Throughout her entire career, Kim had never finished a competition off the podium. She is considered to be among the best ladies figure skaters of all time.