LEE Yongjin

Republic of Korea

Date of Birth: 16 May 1980

Age: 41

Gender: Male

Sport Class: BC2

Birth Country:

Republic of Korea

Place of residence : CHEONAN

Residence Country:

Republic of Korea

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Boccia	Individual - BC2	18
	Team - BC1/BC2 KOR Republic of Korea	7

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Ariake Gymnastics Centre - Court 5	Individual - BC2 Pool C #23 BRA SANTOS MSANTOS Maciel Sport Class: BC2 11 KOR LEE YLEE Yongjin Sport Class: BC2 0	Finished
	Ariake Gymnastics Centre - Court 2	Individual - BC2 Pool C #92 GBR TAGGART CTAGGART Claire Sport Class: BC2 2 KOR LEE YLEE Yongjin Sport Class: BC2 3	Finished
	Ariake Gymnastics Centre - Court 4	Individual - BC2 Pool C #118 ARG CRISTALDO LCRISTALDO Luis Sport Class: BC2 6 KOR LEE YLEE Yongjin Sport Class: BC2 0	Finished
	Ariake Gymnastics Centre - Court 6	Team - BC1/BC2 Pool B #194 KOR Republic of Korea 3* SVK Slovakia 3	Finished
	Ariake Gymnastics Centre - Court 1	Team - BC1/BC2 Pool B #201 JPN Japan 5 KOR Republic of Korea 6	Finished
	Ariake Gymnastics Centre - Court 3	Team - BC1/BC2 Pool B #215 BRA Brazil 6 KOR Republic of Korea 3	Finished
	Ariake Gymnastics Centre - Court 5	Team - BC1/BC2 Pool B #229 KOR Republic of Korea 4 POR Portugal 6	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
World Championships
9	Team - BC1/BC2	2014	Beijing, CHN
20	Individual - BC2	2014	Beijing, CHN

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Chungcheongnam-do Government [Korea]

Im Gwang-Taek [club, national], KOR

He began playing boccia in 2001. (Athlete, 24 Aug 2021)

One of his teachers encouraged him to take up the sport. (Athlete, 24 Aug 2021; cnhappynews.kr, 21 Aug 2014)

To win gold at the Paralympic Games. (Athlete, 24 Aug 2021)

Winning individual gold at the 2019 National Para Games in the Republic of Korea. (Athlete, 24 Aug 2021)

His mother. (daejonilbo.com, 30 Oct 2015)

In 2015 he was named the Proud Citizen of the Year by the Chungnam provincial government in the Republic of Korea. (expressnews.co.kr, 04 Jan 2016)

General Interest

Classification
BC2 (worldboccia.com, 01 Aug 2021)

Type of Impairment
Cerebral Palsy (Athlete, 24 Aug 2021)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (KTV, 17 Nov 2014)

Impairment Details
He has cerebral palsy as the result of an illness at age one. (KTV, 17 Nov 2014; daejonilbo.com, 30 Oct 2015)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100012708636376

Legend

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

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