Chang Hee-jin explained

Chang Hee-jin
Strokes:Freestyle
Coach:Eddie Reese (U.S.)
Collegeteam:University of Texas (U.S.)
Birth Date:5 September 1986
Birth Place:Seoul, South Korea
Height:1.71m (05.61feet)
Weight:600NaN0
Show-Medals:yes
Hangul:장희진
Rr:Jang Hui-jin
Mr:Chang Hŭichin

Chang Hee-jin (Korean: 장희진; born September 5, 1986) is a South Korean former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] She is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2008), and a three-time All-American swimmer in the same stroke (50, 100, and 200 m). Chang is also a former varsity swimmer for the Texas Longhorns, and a graduate of political science at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas. Prior to her time with the Longhorns, she attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, where she was a 4-year varsity athlete and a formerly held various NEPSAC swimming records.

Chang made her Olympic debut, as South Korea's youngest swimmer (aged 14), at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. There, she failed to advance into the semifinals in any of her individual events, finishing fortieth in the 100 m freestyle (58.77), and forty-first in the 50 m freestyle (26.88).[2] [3] [4] She also placed seventeenth, as a member of the South Korean team, in the 4 × 100 m medley relay (4:16.93).[5]

After an eight-year absence, Chang competed only in two events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She achieved FINA B-standards of 25.78 (50 m freestyle) and 56.50 (100 m freestyle) from the Dong-A Swimming Tournament in Ulsan.[6] [7] [8] In the 100 m freestyle, Chang challenged seven other swimmers in heat three, including 18-year-old Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace of the Bahamas. She posted a lifetime best of 55.96 to earn a fourth spot and thirty-second overall by 0.34 of a second behind Austria's Birgit Koschischek.[9] [10] In the 50 m freestyle, Chang placed thirty-first on the morning's preliminaries. Swimming in heat nine, she raced to fifth place by a hundredth of a second (0.01) behind Canada's Victoria Poon in 25.59.[11]

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Notes and References

  1. Chang Hee-jin. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417233552/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/jang-hui-jin-1.html. dead. 17 April 2020. 18 January 2013.
  2. Web site: Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Heat 6 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf . dead . 19 August 2011 . . LA84 Foundation . 165 . 3 March 2013 .
  3. Web site: Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 100m Freestyle Heat 4 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf . dead . 19 August 2011 . . . 175 . 19 April 2013 .
  4. News: [올림픽/수영]조성모·장희진 자유형 예선탈락 ]. Olympic swimming: Freestyle stalwarts Cho Sung-mo and Jang Hee-jin eliminated . ko . . 22 September 2000 . 9 November 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151208185415/http://news.donga.com/List/Series_70050000000106/3/70050000000106/20000922/7585297/1 . 8 December 2015 .
  5. Web site: Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 4×100m Medley Heat 2 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf . dead . 19 August 2011 . . LA84 Foundation . 364 . 3 March 2013 .
  6. News: Hee-Jin Chang '05 Wins Spot on South Korean Summer Olympic Team. Phillips Academy. 23 April 2008. 18 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20101230011658/http://www.andover.edu/About/Newsroom/Pages/Hee-JinChang05WinsSpotonSouthKoreanSummerOlympicTeam.aspx. 30 December 2010. dead.
  7. News: 돌아온 인어 아가씨…장희진 동아수영대회 女50m 우승 태극마크 눈앞. Chang Hee-jin is back to achieve South Korea's 50m freestyle record at the Dong-A Swimming Tournament. ko. The Dong-a Ilbo. 18 April 2008. 11 November 2015.
  8. Web site: Olympic Cut Sheet – Women's 50m Freestyle. 45. Swimming World Magazine. 10 April 2013.
  9. Web site: Women's 100m Freestyle Heat 3 . . . 18 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120821061742/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSWW011900/index.html . 21 August 2012 .
  10. News: Chang places 32nd in 100m free at Beijing Olympics. Texas Longhorns. 13 August 2008. 18 January 2013.
  11. Web site: Women's 50m Freestyle Heat 9 . . . 18 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120821062506/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSWW010900/index.html . 21 August 2012 .

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