Ryu Yoon-ji

{{Short description|South Korean swimmer (born 1985)}}

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| name = Ryu Yoon-ji

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| fullname = Ryu Yoon-ji

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| strokes = Freestyle

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| collegeteam = Seoul National University

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|12|22|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Seoul, South Korea

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| height = {{convert|1.68|m|ftin|0|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|2002 Busan|4×100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalBronze|2006 Doha|4×100 m medley}}

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Ryu Yoon-ji (also Ryu Yun-ji, {{langx|ko|류 윤지}}; born December 22, 1985) is a South Korean former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.{{cite sports-reference|title = Ryu Yoon-Ji|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ry/ryu-yun-ji-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417234637/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ry/ryu-yun-ji-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 17 April 2020|access-date = 20 March 2013}} She won two bronze medals, as a member of the South Korean swimming team, in freestyle and medley relays, at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, and at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar.{{cite news|title=China and Japan share honours|url=http://hindu.com/2002/10/04/stories/2002100402822200.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411030313/http://hindu.com/2002/10/04/stories/2002100402822200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 11, 2013|date=4 October 2002|work=The Hindu|accessdate=20 March 2013}}{{cite news|last=Marsteller|first=Jason|title=China Dominates Women's Meet, Splits With Japan in Men's Action at Asian Games|url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/12851.asp|publisher=Swimming World Magazine|date=2 December 2006|accessdate=20 March 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130227060054/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/12851.asp|archivedate=27 February 2013}}

Ryu qualified for two swimming events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by breaking a South Korean record and clearing a FINA A-cut of 55.46 (100 m freestyle) from the Dong-A Swimming Tournament in Seoul.{{cite news|last=Chang|first=Jeon|title=Ryu Yoon-ji Sets New Korean Record for 100m Freestyle Swimming|url=http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2004042470268&path_dir=20040424|publisher=The Dong-a Ilbo|date=24 April 2004|accessdate=20 March 2013}} On the first day of the Games, Ryu teamed up with Sun So-Eun, Shim Min-Ji, and Kim Hyun-Joo in the women's 4×100 m freestyle relay. Swimming the second leg, Ryu recorded a fastest split time of 55.24 seconds, and the South Korean team went on to finish the first heat in fifth place, for a total time of 3:44.84.{{cite web|title=Women's 4×100m Freestyle Heat 1|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/swimming/results/3531352.stm|work=Athens 2004|publisher=BBC Sport|date=14 August 2004|accessdate=31 January 2013}}

In the women's 100 m freestyle, Ryu missed out the semifinals by a hundredth of a second (0.01) in 55.02, but offered a second chance, after Germany's Franziska van Almsick scratched the event to focus on German relay duty in the 800 m freestyle relay.{{cite news|last=Thomas |first=Stephen |title=Women’s 100 Freestyle Prelims, Day 5: Inky Leads the Pack with a Swift 54.43 |url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7873.asp |publisher=Swimming World Magazine |date=18 August 2004 |accessdate=14 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228200618/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7873.asp |archivedate=28 December 2013 }} Ryu failed to qualify for the final, as she finished her semifinal run with a second slowest time of 55.85 seconds.{{cite web|title=Women's 100m Freestyle Semifinal 1|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/swimming/results/3535070.stm|work=Athens 2004|publisher=BBC Sport|date=18 August 2004|accessdate=31 January 2013}} In her final event, 50 m freestyle, Ryu raced to fifth place in heat seven by 0.06 of a second behind Venezuela's Arlene Semeco in 26.26. Unlike her previous individual event, Ryu failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed twenty-sixth out of 75 swimmers in the preliminary heats. She also tied her position with Puerto Rico's Vanessa García.{{cite web|title=Women's 50m Freestyle Heat 7|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/swimming/results/3535060.stm|work=Athens 2004|publisher=BBC Sport|date=20 August 2004|accessdate=31 January 2013}}