Choi Kyu-Woong
Personal information
Nationality South Korea
Born (1990-05-28) 28 May 1990 (age 33)
Busan, South Korea
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
College teamKorea National Sport University
CoachLee Woo-Shin[1]
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  South Korea
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guangzhou 200 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guangzhou 4×100 m medley
East Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2009 Hong Kong 100 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Hong Kong 200 m breaststroke

Choi Kyu-Woong (also Choi Gyu-Wung, Korean: 최규웅; RR: Choe Gyu-ung; born May 28, 1990, in Busan) is a South Korean swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1][2] He shared silver medals with China's Xue Ruipeng in the 200 m breaststroke at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, in a time of 2:12.25.[3] He also collected two medals (silver and bronze) in both 100 and 200 m breaststroke at the 2009 East Asian Games in Hong Kong, China.[4][5] Choi is a member of the swimming team at the Korea National Sport University in Seoul, under his personal coach Lee Woo-Shin.[1]

Choi qualified for the men's 200 m breaststroke at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by breaking a South Korean record and clearing a FINA A-standard time of 2:11.17 from the FINA World Championships in Shanghai, China.[6][7][8] He challenged seven other swimmers on the third heat, including former silver medalist Dániel Gyurta of Hungary and local favorite Michael Jamieson of Great Britain. Choi raced to seventh place by less than 0.04 of a second behind Ukraine's Igor Borysik in 2:13.57. Choi failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed twenty-fifth overall in the preliminary heats.[9]

He also qualified for the 2016 Olympics, again in the 200 m breaststroke.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Choi Kyu-Woong". London2012.com. LOCOG. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  2. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Choi Kyu-Woong". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Asian Games: Sun Yang Rattles Grant Hackett's World Record, Ye Shiwen Shines". Swimming World Magazine. 18 November 2010. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  4. ^ "East Asian Games: Chen Huijia Lowers Asian Record in 50 Breast". Swimming World Magazine. 6 December 2009. Archived from the original on 13 June 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  5. ^ "East Asian Games: Ryosuke Irie, Chen Huijia Shine On Third Night". Swimming World Magazine. 8 December 2009. Archived from the original on 18 May 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  6. ^ Cho, Mu-hyun (27 January 2012). "Tougher Olympic path for swimmers". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  7. ^ "Qualifying Athletes – Men's 200 m breaststroke" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  8. ^ "FINA World Championships, Swimming: Daniel Gyurta Overtakes Kosuke Kitajima for 200 Breast Gold". Swimming World Magazine. 29 July 2011. Archived from the original on 5 June 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  9. ^ "Men's 200m Breaststroke Heat 3". London2012.com. LOCOG. Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2013.

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