Roh Joo-hee

{{Short description|South Korean swimmer (born 1983)}}

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| fullname = Roh Joo-hee

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| strokes = Freestyle, breaststroke

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|3|18|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Seoul, South Korea

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| height = {{convert|1.72|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|55|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

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Roh Joo-hee (also No Ju-hui, {{langx|ko|노 주희}}; born March 18, 1983) is a South Korean former swimmer, who specialized in middle-distance freestyle and breaststroke events.{{cite sports-reference|title = Roh Joo-hee|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/no/no-ju-hui-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417234153/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/no/no-ju-hui-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 17 April 2020|access-date = 15 June 2013}} As a teenager, she represented South Korea in two editions of the Olympic Games (1996 and 2000), and also held numerous career bests and national records in both 200 and 400 m freestyle.

Roh made her Olympic debut, as South Korea's youngest ever swimmer in history (aged 13), at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.{{cite news|title=Swimmers may get gold medals before driver's licenses|url=http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1996/07/18/oly_198978.shtml|publisher=The Augusta Chronicle|date=18 July 1996|accessdate=14 June 2013}} She failed to reach the top 16 final in the 200 m breaststroke, finishing only in twenty-eighth place at 2:36.20.{{cite web|title=Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Women's 200m Breaststroke Heat 3 |url=http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3p1.pdf |format=PDF |work=Atlanta 1996 |publisher=LA84 Foundation |page=45 |accessdate=14 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523164915/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3p1.pdf |archivedate=23 May 2011 }}

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Roh competed only in a middle-distance freestyle double. She achieved FINA B-standards of 2:03.40 (200 m freestyle) and 4:20.02 (400 m freestyle) from the Asian Championships in Busan.{{cite web|title=Swimming – Women's 200m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 3)|url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000100060030000000FFFFFFFFFFFF00|format=PDF|work=Sydney 2000|publisher=Omega Timing|accessdate=14 June 2013}}{{cite web|title=Swimming – Women's 400m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 2)|url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000100060033000000FFFFFFFFFFFF00|format=PDF|work=Sydney 2000|publisher=Omega Timing|accessdate=14 June 2013}}{{cite news|title=Albert fifth in Asian Swimming C'ships|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2000/03/31/albert-fifth-asian-swimming-c039ships.html|publisher=The Jakarta Post|location=Jakarta|date=31 March 2000|accessdate=16 June 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084307/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2000/03/31/albert-fifth-asian-swimming-c039ships.html|archivedate=4 March 2016}} On the second day of the Games, Roh placed thirty-seventh in the 400 m freestyle. Swimming in heat two, she faded down the stretch to pick up a seventh seed in 4:25.66, more than a dozen body length behind leader Laetitia Choux of France.{{cite web|title=Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 400m Freestyle Heat 2 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |format=PDF |work=Sydney 2000 |publisher=LA84 Foundation |page=189 |accessdate=14 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |archivedate=19 August 2011 }}{{cite news|title=Dolan breaks own world mark in 400 IM|url=http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesSwimming/sep17_dol.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130616043443/http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesSwimming/sep17_dol.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=June 16, 2013|publisher=Canoe.ca|date=17 September 2000|accessdate=28 May 2013}} The following day, in the 200 m freestyle, Roh posted a time of 2:07.21 to round out the field in heat three, but finished only in thirty-third place on the morning prelims.{{cite web|title=Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 200m Freestyle Heat 3 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |format=PDF |work=Sydney 2000 |publisher=LA84 Foundation |page=183 |accessdate=14 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |archivedate=19 August 2011 }}{{cite news|title=Malchow sets Olympic record in 200 fly|url=http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesSwimming/sep18_mal.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130615050120/http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesSwimming/sep18_mal.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=June 15, 2013|publisher=Canoe.ca|date=18 September 2000|accessdate=28 May 2013}}

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