Lim Eun-ji ( Korean: 임은지; born 2 April 1989) is a South Korean

pole vault Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the Myc ...

er. She is the current South Korean national record holder in the event indoors and a former outdoor record holder. Having previously competed in the

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, and

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, Lim competed in the pole vault for the first time in December 2007. She quickly improved over a period of ten months, breaking the national junior record in

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with a vault of 4.10 metres in October 2008. She soon began challenging the senior records, taking the indoor national record with a jump of 4.24 m in March 2009. At the Corporate Teams' National Competitions on 28 April 2009, Lim broke Choi Yun-Hee's outdoor record of 4.16 m by some distance, vaulting a height of 4.35 m. This record also made her eligible to compete at the 2009 World Championships in

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. She finished bottom of her group with a best clearance of 4.10 m at the 2009 World Championships, but she went on to win the gold medal at the

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later that year. She failed a drug test in Korea in July 2010, testing positive for the diuretics hydrochlorothiazide and chlorothiazide. She received a three-month ban for the infraction.

Personal bests

*All information taken from IAAF Profile.Lim Eun-ji biography

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. Retrieved on 28 April 2009.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lim, Eun-Ji 1989 births Living people South Korean female pole vaulters Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Sportspeople from Seoul

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