Lee Jun-ho (gymnast) explained

Lee Jun-ho
Nickname:Jaemijuno
Birth Date:22 October 1995
Birth Place:Seoul, South Korea
Height:1.70 m[1]
Discipline:MAG
Level:Senior International Elite
Club:Korea National Sport University
Headcoach:Jo Seong-Min
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Lee Jun-ho (Korean: 이준호; born 22 October 1995) is a South Korean male artistic gymnast who represented South Korea at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games. He won a bronze medal in the team competition at the 2018 Asian Games. He is a three-time Asian Championships bronze medalist.

Early life

Lee was born in 1995 in Seoul. He began gymnastics when he was ten years old.[2]

Career

At the 2012 Asian Championships, Lee won a bronze medal on the floor exercise behind Kenzō Shirai and Kim Han-sol.[3] He represented South Korea at the 2015 Summer Universiade and helped the team win the silver medal behind Japan.[4] Then at the 2015 Asian Championships, he won a bronze medal with the South Korean team and on the horizontal bar.[5] [6] He made his World Championships debut in 2015 where South Korea placed seventh in the team final.[7]

Lee competed at the 2016 Glasgow World Cup and placed ninth in the all-around.[8] He represented South Korea at the 2018 Asian Games and helped the team win the bronze medal behind China and Japan.[9] He competed with the South Korean team that placed 13th in the qualification round of the 2018 World Championships.[10]

At the 2019 World Championships, Lee helped the South Korean team finish ninth in the qualification round, making them the first reserve for the team final.[11] Additionally, this result earned South Korea a team berth for the 2020 Olympics.[12] After the World Championships, he competed at the 2019 Swiss Cup Zürich alongside Yeo Seo-jeong, and they finished seventh.[13]

Lee finished second in the all-around at South Korea's Olympic Trials and was selected to represent South Korea at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Kim Han-sol, Ryu Sung-hyun, and Yang Hak-seon.[14] At the Olympic Games, the team placed 11th during the qualification round.[15] Individually, he finished 22nd in the all-around final.[16] After the Olympic Games, he competed at the World Championships but did not qualify for any finals.[17]

Lee finished fifth on the vault at the 2022 Doha World Cup.[18] Then at the 2022 World Championships, he helped South Korea qualify for the team final and place eighth.[19] Individually, he qualified for the vault final and placed sixth.[20]

At the 2023 World Championships, Lee finished 23rd in the all-around during the qualification round.[21] With this result, he earned an individual berth for the 2024 Olympic Games.[22] He also finished 23rd in the all-around final.[23]

Competitive history

YearEventTeamAAFXPHSRVTPBHB
2012
align=left Asian Championships4 4 5
2015Summer Universiade
align=left Asian Championships4 7
align=left World Championships7
2016 Glasgow World Cup9
2018
align=left Asian Games9 7
World Championships13
2019
World Championships
Swiss Cup7
2021Olympic Trials
align=left Olympic Games 11 22
World Championships40
2022 Doha World Cup5
World Championships8 6
2023
World Championships23
2024
align=left Olympic Games 38

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lee Junho . . 23 July 2021 . 24 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210724233605/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/artistic-gymnastics/athlete-profile-n1345410-lee-junho.htm . dead .
  2. Web site: Lee Junho . . 23 July 2021.
  3. Web site: 5th Artistic Gymnastics Asian Championships Results Floor Exercise . Gymnastics Results . Asian Gymnastics Union . 15 May 2024.
  4. Web site: Artistic Gymnastics Men's Qualification & Team Final Results . . 15 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304121759/http://www.gwangju2015.com/IRS/resGJ2015/pdf/GJ2015/GA/GJ2015_GA_C73A_GAM400900.pdf . 4 March 2016 . 5 July 2015 . dead.
  5. Web site: 6th Senior Artistic Gymnastics Asian Championships Men's Final Team All-Around Result . Gymnastics Results . Asian Gymnastics Union . 15 May 2024 . 1 August 2015.
  6. Web site: 6th Senior Artistic Gymnastics Asian Championships Men's Finals Apparatus Result . Gymnastics Results . Asian Gymnastics Union . 15 May 2024 . 2 August 2015.
  7. Web site: 46th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, Glasgow (GBR) Men's Team Final . . . 15 May 2024 . 28 October 2015.
  8. Web site: All-Around Results Men's Competition Mens & Womens Artistic - Glasgow FIG Artistic World . . 15 May 2024 . 12 March 2016.
  9. Web site: Artistic Gymnastics Men's Team Final . . 15 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180829072138/https://en.asiangames2018.id/sport/artistic-gymnastic/event/artistic-gymnastic-men-team/ . 29 August 2018 . dead.
  10. Web site: 48th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Doha (QAT), 25 October - 3 November 2018 Men's Team Qualification . . . 15 May 2024 . 25 October 2015.
  11. Web site: 49th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Stuttgart (GER), 4 October - 13 October 2019 Men's Team Quaification . . . 15 May 2024 . 6 October 2019.
  12. Web site: List of the Artistic Gymnastics Tokyo 2020 Olympic Qualifiers . Gymnastics Results . . 15 May 2024.
  13. Web site: Hopkins . Lauren . 2019 Swiss Cup Results . The Gymternet . 2 August 2021 . 3 November 2019.
  14. Web site: 2021년도 남자 기계체조 올림픽대표 최종선발전 종료‥류성현 1위!. The final selection for the 2021 men's gymnastics Olympic team is over... Ryu Seong-hyun, 1st place! . ko. EduYonhap. 14 June 2021. 15 May 2024. Park. Geun-hyung.
  15. Web site: Artistic Gymnastics: Men's Qualification – Results. International Olympic Committee. 24 July 2021. 24 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210724153627/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/GAR/OG2020-_GAR_C73A_GARM------------------QUAL--------.pdf. dead.
  16. Web site: Artistic Gymnastics: Men's All-Around Final – Results. International Olympic Committee. 28 July 2021. 28 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210728170522/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/GAR/OG2020-_GAR_C73G_GARM1AA---------------FNL---------.pdf. dead.
  17. Web site: 50th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Kitakyushu (JPN), 18 October - 24 October 2021 Men's All-Around Qualification . . . 15 May 2024 . 19 October 2021.
  18. Web site: Hopkins . Lauren . 2022 Doha World Cup Men's Results . The Gymternet . 15 May 2024 . 5 March 2022.
  19. Web site: 51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Liverpool (GBR), 29 October - 6 November 2022 Men's Team Final . . . 15 May 2024 . 2 November 2022.
  20. Web site: 51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Liverpool (GBR), 29 October - 6 November 2022 Men's Vault Final . . . 15 May 2024 . 4 . 6 November 2022.
  21. Web site: Team and individual finals set, after men's qualifications conclude at Worlds . . 15 May 2024 . 1 October 2023.
  22. Web site: Final nine Men's Artistic Gymnastics teams solidify Olympic team qualification in Paris . . 15 May 2024 . 1 October 2023.
  23. Web site: 52nd FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Antwerp (BEL), 30 September - 8 October 2023 Men's All-Around Final . . . 15 May 2024 . 5 October 2023.