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| Nationality |  South Korea | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 July 1991 Seoul, South Korea | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Kang-won-do Cheong[1] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Back Su-Yeon (also Baek Su-Yeon, Korean: 백 수연; born July 1, 1991, in Seoul) is a South Korean swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1][2] She edged out her teammate Jung Seul-Ki to take a bronze medal by 0.31 of a second in the 200 m breaststroke at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, with a time of 1:10.22.[3] Back is also a member of Kang-won-do Cheong swimming club in Seoul.[1] Previously in 2006, Back had won bronze in the 100 m breaststroke at the 2006 Asian Games.[4]
Back qualified for the women's 200 m breaststroke at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by eclipsing the FINA A-standard entry time of 2:26.61 at the FINA World Championships in Shanghai, China.[5][6] Back shared the seventh fastest qualifying time of 2:25.76 with China's Ji Liping in the morning's preliminary heats to secure a spot for the semifinals.[7][8] In the evening session, Back missed out the final; the top eight fastest swimmers in the semifinals qualified and she was the ninth fastest swimmer; 0.21 of a second behind the eighth-fastest qualifier, lowering her Olympic time to 2:24.67.[9] In the same year, she won two silver medals, in the 100 and 200 m breaststroke at the Asian Championships.[4]
She competed in the 200 m breaststroke at the 2016 Summer Olympics, but did not qualify from the heats.[2]