Lee Ji-eun (swimmer)

{{short description|South Korean swimmer}}

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{{Infobox swimmer

| name = Lee Ji-eun

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| fullname = Lee Ji-eun

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| nationality = {{KOR}}

| strokes = Freestyle

| club = Ulsan City Hall

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|6|18|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Ulsan, South Korea

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| height = {{convert|1.63|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|54|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

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{{MedalSport | Women's swimming}}

{{MedalCountry| South Korea }}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}

{{MedalBronze| 2006 Doha | 400 m freestyle}}

{{MedalBronze| 2006 Doha | 4×200 m freestyle}}

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{{Infobox Korean name

|hangul=이지은

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|rr=I Jieun

|mr=I Chiŭn

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{{family name hatnote|Lee||lang=Korean}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}

Lee Ji-eun ({{langx|ko|이지은}}; born 18 June 1989) is a South Korean swimmer, who specialized in middle-distance freestyle events.{{cite sports-reference|title = Lee Ji-Eun|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/lee-ji-eun-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417233440/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/lee-ji-eun-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 17 April 2020|access-date = 18 January 2013}} She represented her country South Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has won two bronze medals in both the 400 m freestyle and the {{nowrap|4 × 200 m}} freestyle relay at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar.{{cite news|last=Marsteller |first=Jason |title=Japan Blazes to Asian Record Time in Men's 400 Free Relay at Asian Games |url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/12907.asp |publisher=Swimming World Magazine |date=5 December 2006 |accessdate=18 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623155816/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/12907.asp |archivedate=23 June 2013 }}

Lee competed for the South Korean swimming team in the women's 400 m freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.{{cite news|script-title=ko:박태환 등 16명 베이징올림픽 수영대표 확정|trans-title=Park Tae-hwan leads 16 other swimmers into the Olympic pool|language=ko|url=http://news.sbs.co.kr/news/endPage.do?news_id=N1000416519|publisher=Seoul Broadcasting System|date=14 May 2008|accessdate=22 April 2016}} She finished with the fastest final time and a new personal best in 4:19.42 at the Jeju Halla Cup five months earlier in Jeju City, sneaking under the FINA B-standard (4:20.05) by more than half a second.{{cite web|title=Olympic Cut Sheet – Women's 400m Freestyle|url=http://magazines.swimmingworld.com:9997/SPIPDF/080508olyscutsheet.pdf|page=58|publisher=Swimming World Magazine|accessdate=10 April 2013}}{{cite news|title=이지은 대회신 경신 자유형400m 정상에|trans-title=Lee Ji-eun wins the 400 m free with a new personal best|language=ko|url=http://www.ksilbo.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=211073|publisher=Gyeongsang Ilbo|date=23 March 2008|accessdate=3 May 2016}} Lee opened up the second heat with an early lead, but faded down the remainder of the race to pick up the fifth spot in 4:21.53. Lee missed a chance to enter the top eight final, as she placed thirty-seventh overall in the prelims.{{cite web|title=Swimming: Women's 400m Freestyle Heat 2|url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc=SWW014900/index.html|work=Beijing 2008|publisher=NBC Olympics|accessdate=18 January 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821032210/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSWW014900/index.html|archivedate=21 August 2012}}