Lee Yun-seo (born 5 March 2003) is a South Korean

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. She competed at the

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and

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, and she represented

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and at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Junior career

Lee made her international debut at the 2017 Junior Asian Championships where she helped the South Korean team win the bronze medal behind China and Japan. She also placed fourth in the all-around and sixth on the balance beam, and she won the bronze medal on the floor exercise behind Chinese gymnasts Li Qi and

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. She competed at the 2018 Junior Asian Championships where South Korea once again won the team bronze medal behind China and Japan. Individually, she won the bronze medal in the all-around, the silver medal on the uneven bars, and the bronze medal on the floor exercise. She was then selected to compete at the

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. There, she qualified for the all-around final where she finished thirteenth with a total score of 48.899. She also qualified for the uneven bars final where she finished sixth with a score of 13.166. At the

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, she won the bronze medal in the all-around and the floor exercise both behind Russian gymnasts

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and

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, and she won the gold medal on the uneven bars.

Senior career

2019

Lee made her senior international debut at the

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and placed ninth in the all-around. She then went to the Tokyo World Cup and finished seventh in the all-around. At the Korean National Team Selection competition, she finished second in the all-around behind Kim Ju-ry. She then went to the Korea Cup and won the gold medal on the uneven bars. She was then selected to compete at the

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alongside Eom Doh-yun, Ham Mi-ju,

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, and Yeo Seo-jeong, and they finished sixteenth in the qualification round. Individually, Lee finished twenty-eighth in the all-around and was the first reserve for the all-around final. This resulted earned her an individual spot for the 2020 Olympics. Her final competition was the Toyota International where she won the silver medal on the uneven bars behind

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and the bronze medal on the balance beam behind Melnikova and

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2021

Lee did not compete in 2020 due to the

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. She returned to competition at the postponed

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and qualified for the all-around final where she finished twenty-first with a total score of 51.632. She then competed at the Korean National Sports Festival and won the gold medal in the all-around, uneven bars, and balance beam, and she won the silver medal on the floor exercise behind Shin Sol-yi. At the

, she qualified for the all-around final in tenth place and was the first reserve for the uneven bars final. In the all-around final, she finished thirteenth with a total score of 51.699.

2022

Lee competed at the 2022 Asian Championships in June. While there she helped South Korea place second as a team behind China. Individually she won bronze in the all-around (behind

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and

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), on the uneven bars (behind

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and Tang), and on floor exercise (behind Wu Ran and Shoko Miyata).

Competitive history

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