Choi Soo-min
Personal information
Full nameChoi Soo-min
National team South Korea
Born (1981-04-12) 12 April 1981
Seoul, South Korea
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing South Korea
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Bangkok 100 m backstroke

Choi Soo-min (also Choi Su-min, Korean: 최 수민; born April 12, 1981) is a South Korean former swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events.[1] She won a bronze medal, as a 17-year-old, at the 1998 Asian Games, and later represented South Korea at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Choi made her own swimming history at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand, where she captured a bronze medal in the 100 m backstroke at 1:03.37, finishing behind Japanese duo Mai Nakamura and Tomoko Hagiwara by more than a full body length.

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Choi swam only in the women's 200 m backstroke. She achieved a FINA B-cut of 2:15.71 from the Asian Championships in Busan.[2] She challenged seven other swimmers in heat three, including Hagiwara, Australia's top favorite Clementine Stoney, and Romania's Diana Mocanu, who later dominated the backstroke double at these Games. Racing against some of the toughest swimmers in her heat, Choi struggled to keep up her pace on the outside lane, and eventually rounded out the field to last place in a time of 2:26.42, the slowest of the event's heats. Choi failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed thirty-fifth overall in the prelims.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Choi Soo-min". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Swimming – Women's 200m Backstroke Startlist (Heat 3)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 200m Backstroke Heat 3" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 300. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (Women's 200m Backstroke)". Canoe.ca. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  5. ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming Results (September 21, 2000)". Sydney 2000. ESPN. Retrieved 14 June 2013.


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