CHOI Yejin

Republic of Korea

Date of Birth: 24 Jun 1991

Age: 30

Gender: Female

Sport Class: BC3

Birth Country:

Republic of Korea

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Boccia	Pairs - BC3 KOR Republic of Korea	1

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Ariake Gymnastics Centre - Court 2	Pairs - BC3 Pool A #184 KOR Republic of Korea 2* GBR Great Britain 2	Finished
	Ariake Gymnastics Centre - Court 6	Pairs - BC3 Pool A #212 KOR Republic of Korea 4 THA Thailand 1	Finished
	Ariake Gymnastics Centre - Court 1	Pairs - BC3 Pool A #219 KOR Republic of Korea 7 FRA France 1	Finished
	Ariake Gymnastics Centre - Court 5	Pairs - BC3 Pool A #234 GRE Greece 3 KOR Republic of Korea 2	Finished
	Ariake Gymnastics Centre - Court 4	Pairs - BC3 Semifinal 2 #240 HKG Hong Kong, China 2 KOR Republic of Korea 5	Finished
	Ariake Gymnastics Centre - Court 4	Pairs - BC3 Gold Medal Match #247 JPN Japan 4 KOR Republic of Korea 4*	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
1	Individual - BC3	2012	London, GBR
2	Pairs - BC3	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
4	Pairs - BC3	2012	London, GBR
9	Individual - BC3	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
World Championships
3	Pairs - BC3	2018	Liverpool, GBR
7	Individual - BC3	2018	Liverpool, GBR

Listening to music, watching television shows. (Athlete, 24 Aug 2021)

Occupation:

Korea Nazarene University , Cheonan, KOR

Languages spoken:

Chungcheongnam-do Government [Korea]

Im Gwang-Taek [national], KOR

Sporting relatives:

Her mother Moon Woo-Young has served as her sports assistant at competitions. (paralympic.org, 16 Jul 2015)

2011 for Korea (Athlete, 17 Jun 2015)

She began playing boccia in 2008. (Athlete, 24 Aug 2021)

Her physical education teacher at high school suggested the sport to her. (blog.naver.com, 11 Oct 2015)

To win gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Athlete, 24 Aug 2021)

Winning gold in the mixed BC3 individual event at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. (Athlete, 18 Sep 2018, 24 Aug 2021)

Her parents. (Athlete, 24 Aug 2021)

Philosophy:

"Boccia was a dream for me before the 2012 Paralympic Games. Afterwards it became a hope for my future." (Athlete, 18 Sep 2018)

She and her mother Moon Woo-Young, who is also her assistant, were named flag bearers for the Republic of Korea at the opening ceremony of the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (news1.kr, 23 Aug 2021)

In 2013 she was presented with a Talent Award in Korea. (dtnews24.com, 19 Dec 2013)

General Interest

Classification
BC3 (worldboccia.com, 04 Aug 2021)

Type of Impairment
Cerebral Palsy (Athlete, 17 Jun 2015, 24 Aug 2021)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (newsis.com, 11 Sep 2013; Athlete, 24 Aug 2021)

Impairment Details
She has cerebral palsy. (Athlete, 17 Jun 2015, 24 Aug 2021)

General
FURTHER EDUCATION
She has studied for a postgraduate degree at the Graduate School of Rehabilitation Welfare of Korea Nazarene University in Cheonan, Republic of Korea. "I want to establish a centre for independent living where I can raise boccia athletes." (Athlete, 18 Sep 2018, 24 Aug 2021)

Milestones

She became the first female boccia player to win gold in the mixed gender individual BC3 event at the Paralympic Games following her victory at the 2012 Games in London. (stnsports.co.kr, 04 Sep 2016; SportsDeskOnline, 04 Aug 2021)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/yejin.choi.9

Legend

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

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