Gu Sung-eun explained
Gu Sung-eun |
Full Name: | Gu Sung-eun |
Birth Date: | 19 August 1984 |
Birth Place: | South Korea |
Height: | 1.66 m[1] |
Weight: | 55 kg |
Role: | Rider |
Proyears1: | 2013 |
Show-Medals: | no |
Gu Sung-eun (born 19 August 1984) is a South Korean professional racing cyclist.
Career
Having finished third in the road race in the 2007 UCI B World Championships and second in the time trial, Gu qualified to represent her country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Gu crashed in the road race when she lost control of her bike on the wet roads, bringing others down with her. She eventually found herself falling into a concrete ditch on the side of the highway but got back on her bike to finish 59th.[2]
Major results
Source: [3]
- 2002
UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships
2nd Points race
2nd Scratch
- 2003
Asian Track Championships
2nd Elimination race
2nd Team pursuit
3rd Scratch
- 2004
2nd Scratch, UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Sydney
- 2005
Asian Track Championships
1st Points race
1st Team pursuit
3rd Individual pursuit
- 2007
UCI B World Championships
2nd Time trial
3rd Road race
Asian Track Championships
2nd Scratch
3rd Keirin
3rd Road race, Asian Road Championships
- 2011
1st Road race, Summer Universiade
2nd Road race, Asian Road Championships
- 2012
2nd Road race, Asian Road Championships
9th Overall Tour of Thailand
- 2014
3rd Road race, Asian Road Championships
- 2015
1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 2020
2nd Madison, National Track Championships (with Kim Hyun-ji)Notes and References
- Web site: Athlete Biography: GU Sungeun. Beijing Olympics official website. https://web.archive.org/web/20080813200744/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/9/228499.shtml. 13 August 2008.
- Web site: Women's road race, complete live report. Cycling News. Susan Westemeyer. 10 August 2008. 13 August 2008.
- Web site: Sung Eun Gu. FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. 3 November 2022.