Lee Yoo-yeon (Korean: 이유연; born September 4, 2000) is a South Korean swimmer specialized in freestyle.
Career
In October 2018, he represented South Korea at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He competed in 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 200m freestyle and mixed 4 × 100m freestyle relay events. In the 50m freestyle heats event, he completed at rank 9, allowing him to advance to compete in the semifinal.[1] In the 50m freestyle semifinal event, he completed at rank 8 with Robin Hanson.[2] In semifinal swim-off against Robin, he completed at rank 2 hence did not advance to compete in the final.[3] In the 100m freestyle heats event, he completed at rank 1, allowing him to advance to compete in the semifinal.[4] In the 100m freestyle semifinal event, he completed at rank 3, allowing him to compete in the final which he completed at rank 5.[5][6] In the 200m freestyle heats event, he completed at rank 7, allowing him to compete in the final which he completed at rank 8.[7][8] In the freestyle relay event, the team did not advance to compete in the final.[9]
^Kim, Do-yong (July 27, 2021). "[올림픽] '뉴 마린보이' 황선우, 한국신기록으로 자유형 100m 예선 통과(종합)" [[Olympic] 'New Marine Boy' Hwang Seon-woo passes the 100m freestyle qualifier with a new Korean record (comprehensive)]. Naver (in Korean). News1. Archived from the original on July 27, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
