Lee Ji-hyun (also ''Lee Ji-hyeon'', ko, 이지현; born June 27, 1978) is a South Korean former swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events. She won the bronze medal in the medley relay at the

1994 Asian Games The 1994 Asian Games ( ja, 1994年アジア競技大会, ''Senkyūhyakukyūjūyon-nen Ajia kyōgi taikai''), also known as the XII Asiad and the 12th Asian Games ( ja, 第12回アジア競技大会, Daijūni-kai Ajia kyōgi taikai), were held from ...

, and later represented

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

. Lee started her competitive swimming, as a 16-year-old teen, at the

Hiroshima, Japan is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Hiroshima Prefecture has a population of 2,811,410 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 8,479 km² (3,274 sq mi). Hiroshima Prefecture borders Okayama ...

. She helped the South Koreans earn a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m medley relay with a time of 4:22.11. At the

, Lee competed for her maiden South Korean squad in two swimming events. In the women's 100 m backstroke, Lee broke a new South Korean record to touch the wall first in 1:03.96, narrowly missing out of the consolation final by seven hundredths of a second (0.07). On the last day of the prelims, Lee posted a lead-off split of 1:04.55 to deliver the South Korean female foursome of

Byun Hye-young Byun Hye-young (also ''Byeon Hye-yeong'', ko, 변혜영; born June 17, 1983) is a South Korean former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. She represented South Korea in two editions of the Olympic Games (1996 and 2000), and eventual ...

(breaststroke), Park Woo-hee (butterfly), and

Lee Bo-eun Lee Bo-Eun ( ko, 이 보은; born December 25, 1976) is a South Korean former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and butterfly events. She represented South Korea in two editions of the Olympic Games (1996 and 2000), and also earned bronze me ...

(freestyle) a combined time of 4:18.98 for the eighteenth spot in the 4 × 100 m medley relay. She was educated at Mangmi Girls' Middle School, Busan Sport High School, and

Sungshin Women's University Sungshin Women's University (Korean: 성신여자대학교) is a private women's university located in Seoul, South Korea. It was founded in 1936 by Dr. Sook-Chong Lee. During the 1960s and 70s, Sungshin was a Teachers College in South Korea. Th ...

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* 1978 births Living people South Korean female backstroke swimmers Olympic swimmers of South Korea Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in swimming Sportspeople from Busan Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Swimmers at the 1994 Asian Games 20th-century South Korean women {{SouthKorea-swimming-bio-stub