LEE Hyejin

Republic of Korea

Date of Birth: 23 Jan 1992

Age: 29

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.65/5'4''

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Cycling Track	Women's Sprint	21
	Women's Keirin	19

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Izu Velodrome	Women's Keirin First Round - Heat 1	Finished
	Izu Velodrome	Women's Keirin Repechages - Heat 1	Finished
	Izu Velodrome	Women's Sprint Qualifying	Finished
	Izu Velodrome	Women's Sprint 1/32 Finals - Heat 4	Finished
	Izu Velodrome	Women's Sprint 1/32 Finals Repechages - Heat 4	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Sprint	Keirin	Team Sprint
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	-	8	-
2012	London, GBR	13	16	9

World Championships

Year	Location	Sprint	Keirin	Team Sprint
2020	Berlin, GER	-	2	13
2019	Pruszkow, POL	22	9	11
2018	Apeldoorn, NED	20	8	12
2017	Hong Kong, CHN	16	12	10
2016	London, GBR	-	6	-
2015	Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, FRA	-	9	-
2012	Melbourne, VIC, AUS	10	-	13

Asian Games

Year	Location	Sprint	Keirin	Team Sprint
2018	Indonesia	2	2	3

Asian Championships

Year	Location	Sprint	Keirin	Team Sprint
2020	Republic of Korea	-	3	2
2019	Jakarta, INA	3	6	2
2018	Nilai, MAS	3	2	2
2017	New Delhi, IND	3	2	1

World Cup (Ranking)

Rank	Event	Year
2	Keirin	2019/2020
6	Sprint	2017/2018
6	Keirin	2017/2018
14	Keirin	2016/2017
19	Keirin	2018/2019
20	Sprint	2018/2019
33	Sprint	2016/2017

Year	Location	Sprint	Keirin	Team Sprint
2019/2020	Brisbane, QLD, AUS	-	-	11
2019/2020	Cambridge, NZL	-	1	10
2019/2020	Hong Kong, CHN	-	1	11
2019/2020	Glasgow, GBR	-	13	12
2019/2020	Minsk, BLR	-	2	11
2018/2019	Hong Kong, CHN	2	13	7
2018/2019	London, GBR	14	6	12
2018/2019	Berlin, GER	20	8	11
2017/2018	Minsk, BLR	9	2	3
2017/2018	Santiago, CHI	3	7	3
2017/2018	Milton, ON, CAN	5	7	3
2016/2017	Los Angeles, CA, USA	DNS	9	3
2016/2017	Cali, COL	14	10	9

Legend
IP - Individual Pursuit, TP - Team Pursuit, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Photography. (thebike.co.kr, 27 May 2020)

Occupation:

Physical Education - University of Suwon, Republic of Korea

Languages spoken:

English, Korean

Busan Spo1 Corporation [Republic of Korea]

Eom Yeong-Seop [club], KOR: Eum In-Young [national], KOR

She began riding bikes at age nine. She took up the sport competitively in 2004 while she was in grade seven at Taepyung Middle School in Seongnam, Republic of Korea. (seoul.co.kr, 06 Mar 2020; news.joins.com, 03 Dec 2019; koreadaily.com, 18 Aug 2010)

She was encouraged to take up the sport by coach Baek Seung-Yi. (koreajoongangdaily.joins.com, 10 Mar 2020; seoul.co.kr, 06 Mar 2020)

To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (seoul.co.kr, 06 Mar 2020)

Her training sessions last for up to six hours a day. (seoul.co.kr, 06 Mar 2020)

Coach Andy Sparks. (seoul.co.kr, 06 Mar 2020)

She was given the Best Player Award at the 2020 Women's Sports Awards in the Republic of Korea. (mbn.co.kr, 15 Dec 2020)

She was named Best Female Cyclist by the Korea Cycling Federation in 2010, 2013, 2014, and 2017. (joongboo.com, 31 Jan 2018; bike.moneyweek.co.kr, 02 Feb 2016; yonhapnews.co.kr, 23 Jan 2014; nocutnews.co.kr, 20 Jan 2011)

In 2010 she was given an Encouragement Award by the Korean Sport and Olympic Committee. (yonchon.org, 24 Feb 2011)

She received an Excellence Award at the 2010 Gyeonggi-do Athletics Awards in the Republic of Korea. (anewsa.com, 24 Dec 2010)

General Interest

General
OVERSEAS TRAINING
In 2010 she trained under US coach Andy Sparks at the International Cycling Federation facility in Switzerland. She also spent time training at the World Cycling Centre in Switzerland in the lead-up to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. "In 2010 I had no idea of where my performance level was in the world. I was not confident of being number one but coach Sparks kept telling me that I could become the best. He gave me confidence, and I trained hard under him." (seoul.co.kr, 06 Mar 2020; uci.ch 06 Apr 2017; koreadaily.com, 18 Aug 2010)

Milestones

She became the first Korean track cyclist to win a silver medal at the world championships by placing second in the women's keirin at the 2020 edition of the tournament in Berlin, Germany. (koreajoongangdaily.joins.com, 10 Mar 2020; nocutnews.co.kr, 02 Mar 2020)

She became the first female track cyclist from the Republic of Korea to win gold in keirin at a World Cup event by claiming victory in 2019 in Hong Kong, China. (koreajoongangdaily.joins.com, 10 Mar 2020; seoul.co.kr, 06 Mar 2020; yna.co.kr, 02 Dec 2019)

She became the first track cyclist from the Republic of Korea to win a junior world title when she triumphed in the 500m time trial at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Montichiari, Italy. (feltbicycles.com, 02 Nov 2010)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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