Ha Eun-ju ( ko, 김 현주; born August 12, 1986) is a South Korean swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events. She won a bronze medal, as a member of the South Korean team, in the 4×200 m freestyle relay (8:19.62), when her nation hosted the

2002 Asian Games The 2002 Asian Games ( ko, 2002년 아시아 경기대회/2002년 아시안 게임, Icheoni-nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheoni-nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the XIV Asian Games ( ko, 제14회 아시아 경기대회/제14회 아시안 � ...

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. Ha qualified for the women's 400 m freestyle, as a 17-year-old, at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

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. She eclipsed a FINA B-standard entry time of 4:20.56 from the Dong-A Swimming Tournament in

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. She challenged seven other swimmers on the second heat, including Jamaica's

Janelle Atkinson Janelle Anya Monique Atkinson-McClave (born 30 September 1982), née Janelle Anya Monique Atkinson, is a Jamaican former competitive swimmer who won three silver medals at the 1999 Pan American Games. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, she ...

, who finished fourth in Sydney (2000). She raced to seventh place by 0.07 of a second behind New Zealand's Rebecca Linton in 4:21.65. Ha failed to reach the top 8 final, as she placed thirty-second overall in the preliminaries.

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1986 births Living people Olympic swimmers of South Korea Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in swimming South Korean female freestyle swimmers Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games 21st-century South Korean women {{SouthKorea-swimming-bio-stub