Seo Jee-won (born April 13, 1994 in

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) is a South Korean

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specializing in moguls.FIS Profile
/ref> Seo competed at the

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for South Korea. She placed 24th in the first qualifying round in the moguls, failing to advance. In the second qualifying round, she placed 13th, again not advancing. As of March 2017, her best showing at the

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is 4th place in the

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dual moguls. She lost in the semifinals to eventual silver medalist Yulia Galysheva and missed out on bronze to American Jaelin Kauf. Seo made her

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debut in February 2012. As of September 2015, her best World Cup finish is 6th place in a dual moguls event at

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in 2014–15. Her best World Cup overall finish in halfpipe is 23rd in 2014–15.

References

1994 births Living people Olympic freestyle skiers for South Korea Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Seoul South Korean female freestyle skiers Winter World University Games medalists in freestyle skiing Freestyle skiers at the 2017 Asian Winter Games FISU World University Games bronze medalists for South Korea Competitors at the 2015 Winter Universiade {{SouthKorea-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub