Lee Ji-hyun (also ''Lee Ji-hyeon'', ; 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 (), also known as the XII Asiad and the 12th Asian Games () or simply Hiroshima 1994 (), were held from October 2 to 16, 1994, in Hiroshima, Japan. It was the first Asian Games in history to be hosted in a non-capital city. Th ...

, and later represented

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...

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

in Hiroshima, Japan. 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'', ; 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 eventually became a to ...

(breaststroke), Park Woo-hee (butterfly), and Lee Bo-eun (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 () is a Private university, private women's college, women's university located in Seongbuk District, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, South Korea. It was founded by Dr. Sook-Chong Lee in 1936. The university comprises ten colleg ...

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* 1978 births Living people South Korean female backstroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for 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 sportswomen {{SouthKorea-swimming-bio-stub