Jeon Min-jae
{{short description|South Korean Paralympic athlete}}
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| name = Jeon Min-jae
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| caption = Jeon at the 2013 World Championships in Lyon
| birth_date = {{birth_date_and_age|1977|07|12|df=y}}
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| height = {{convert |146|cm}}
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| country = South Korea
| sport = Athletics
| event = sprint
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| club = Jeonbuk Spike Athletics Club
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| disability_class = T36
| coach = Kim Sang-Hyeon
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{{MedalCompetition|Paralympic Games}}
{{MedalSilver| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | 200m – T36}}
{{MedalSilver| 2012 London | 100m – T36}}
{{MedalSilver| 2012 London | 200m – T36}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2013 Lyon|200m – T36}}
{{MedalSilver|2013 Lyon|100m – T36}}
{{MedalCompetition|Asian Para Games}}
{{MedalGold|2014 Incheon|100m – T36}}
{{MedalGold|2014 Incheon|200m – T36}}
{{MedalGold|2018 Jakarta|100m – T36}}
{{MedalGold|2018 Jakarta|200m – T36}}
{{MedalSilver|2010 Guangzhou|100m – T36}}
{{MedalSilver|2010 Guangzhou|200m – T36}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Hangzhou|100m – T36}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Hangzhou|200m – T36}}
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Jeon Min-jae ({{Korean|hangul=전민재}};{{Cite web|url=https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2016/09/14/2016091401220.html|title = [리우패럴림픽]'1m49-스마일 스프린터'전민재가 발로 쓴 편지엔...[전문]|date = 23 July 2020}} born 12 July 1977) is a South Korean Paralympic athlete competing mainly in category T36 sprint events.{{cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/sites/default/files/document/130805143217096_Final_ResultsBook_AT_4.pdf|title=IPC World Championships: Lyon 2013 - Official Results Book|work=paralympic.org|accessdate=25 August 2016}}
Career
Jeon first competed at a Paralympics in Beijing in 2008, where she entered both the 100m and 200m sprints, finishing 6th and 4th respectively. Four years later at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, she won silver in the 100m and 200m finals, finishing behind Russia's Elena Sviridova in both. As well as her Paralympic success Jeon has won medals at both World Championships and the Asian Para Games, winning the 100m and 200m at both the Asian Para Games in 2014 and 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/asp/lib/theasp.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=513&personid=851285|title=Jeon, Min-Jae|accessdate=25 August 2016|work=IPC|archive-date=26 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826185254/https://www.paralympic.org/asp/lib/theasp.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=513&personid=851285|url-status=dead}}
Personal life
Jeon was born in South Korea in 1977. At the age of five she suffered from encephalitis, which resulted in her acquiring cerebral palsy.
Notes
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External links
- {{IPC athlete|min-jae-jeon|Min Jae Jeon|old_id=851285}}
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Category:South Korean female sprinters
Category:Paralympic athletes for South Korea
Category:Paralympic silver medalists for South Korea
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Category:Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Category:Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Category:Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Category:Medalists at the 2010 Asian Para Games
Category:Medalists at the 2014 Asian Para Games
Category:Medalists at the 2022 Asian Para Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Category:Medalists at the 2018 Asian Para Games
Category:Asian Para Games medalists in athletics (track and field)