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Choi Yun-hee

b. 1986

South Korean pole vaulter

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Born 1986. Choi Yun-hee is a South Korean athletics competitor.

Choi Yun-hee (; born 25 May 1986) is a South Korean track and field athlete who competes in the women's pole vault. She has represented her country internationally, including a medal at the Asian Athletics Championships in 2009. Her personal best of 4.40 m is the national record and she had straight wins in the pole vault at the Korean National Sports Festival from 2004 to 2010.

She began competing as a junior athlete in 2000 and made her breakthrough in 2004 at the age of eighteen by setting a national record of 3.82 metres to win at the Korean National Sports Festival. She retained her title the following year and also made her first international appearances for her country, coming fifth at the 2005 East Asian Games and fourth at the 2005 Asian Athletics Championships in a new record 4.05 m (becoming the first Korean woman over four metres). She added a further five centimetres to her best mark to win at the 2006 National Festival and went on to finish fifth at the 2006 Asian Games.

Choi set a national indoor record over the four-metre mark with a clearance of 4.02 m in Japan. Outdoors, she took a fourth straight win at the National Games and was first at the Korean University Championships. The 2008 National Festival saw her reach new heights as she pushed the national record to 4.16 m. but it was Choi who took the national title later that year. She represented South Korea at the 2009 Summer Universiade and was the bronze medallist in the pole vault at the 2009 Asian Athletics Championships in November, reaching the podium at an international championship for the first time.

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Gimje Girls' High School

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People whose lives overlapped Choi Yun-hee's

Frequently asked questions

Who is Choi Yun-hee?

South Korean pole vaulter

When was Choi Yun-hee born?

Choi Yun-hee was born on 25 May 1986.

What is Choi Yun-hee's occupation?

Choi Yun-hee is an athletics competitor.

What nationality is Choi Yun-hee?

Choi Yun-hee is South Korean.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Choi Yun-hee

· Wikidata: Q484490

· DBpedia: Choi Yun-hee

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