Lee Ji-young (also ''Lee Ji-yeong'', ko, 이 지영; born July 10, 1989) is a South Korean swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. She became the first female South Korean in history to train in the United States, and swim for the Peddie Aquatic Association in

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, by achieving FINA A-standard entry time of 2:31.32 (200 m breaststroke) from the Dong-A Swimming Tournament in

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. In the 100 m breaststroke, Lee challenged seven other swimmers on the third heat, including two-time Olympian

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of Turkey. She edged out New Zealand's Annabelle Carey to take a seventh spot and thirty-third overall by 0.29 of a second in 1:12.93. In her second event, 200 m breaststroke, Lee placed twenty-fourth overall on the morning's preliminaries. Swimming in the final heat of five, she rounded out a field of seven swimmers to last place in 2:34.55, more than three seconds off her entry time.

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1989 births Living people South Korean female breaststroke swimmers Olympic swimmers of South Korea Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers from Seoul 21st-century South Korean women {{SouthKorea-swimming-bio-stub