Lee Min-hye explained
Lee Min-hye (11 October 1985 – 12 November 2018) was a South Korean professional racing cyclist. Lee represented her country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, finishing 19th in the points race.[2] She achieved great success in a major international road racing competition at the 2010 Asian Games Individual Time Trial event by winning the gold medal in the 35.6km (22.1miles) course in the time of 49 minutes and 38.35 seconds.[3] She also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, in the women's omnium, finishing in 15th place.[4]
In 2016, Lee was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, and died on 12 November 2018.[5]
Major results
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- 2003
3rd Scratch, UCI Juniors Track World Championships
- 2006
Asian Games
1st Individual pursuit
2nd Points race
3rd Time trial
Asian Track Championships
1st Individual pursuit
2nd Team sprint
Asian Road Championships
2nd Time trial
3rd Road race
- 2007
1st Individual pursuit, Asian Track Championships
1st GP Rund um Visp
2nd Time trial, Asian Road Championships
2nd Tour de Berne
- 2008
2nd Points race, 2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Los Angeles
- 2010
Asian Games
1st Time trial
2nd Individual pursuit
Asian Track Championships
2nd Scratch
2nd Team pursuit
- 2011
Asian Track Championships
1st Omnium
2nd Team pursuit
- 2012
3rd Omnium, Asian Track Championships
- 2013
Asian Track Championships
1st Team pursuit
2nd Omnium
- 2014
2nd Team pursuit, Asian Games (with Lee Chaek-Yung, Lee Ju-mi, Na A-reum, Son Hee-jung and Kim You-ri)
Asian Track Championships
2nd Team pursuit (with Lee Ju-mi, Na A-reum and Kim You-ri)
3rd Omnium
- 2015
3rd Time trial, National Road ChampionshipsNotes and References
- Web site: Athlete Biography: LEE Minhye. Beijing Olympics official website. 5 September 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080909081508/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/8/228498.shtml. 9 September 2008. dead.
- Web site: points race women results - Cycling Track - Beijing 2008 Olympics. www.olympic.org. 2 January 2016.
- Web site: South Korea scores double win in Asian Games time trials - VeloNews.com . 5 December 2010 . 3 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303184012/http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/11/news/south-korea-scores-double-win-in-asian-games-time-trials_150358 . dead .
- Web site: Omnium women results - Cycling Track - London Olympics. www.olympic.org. 2 January 2016.
- News: Choi. In-young. AG 사이클 금메달리스트 이민혜, 백혈병으로 세상 떠나. Korean. AG cycling gold medalist Lee Min-hye dies of leukemia. Yonhap News Agency. 13 November 2018. 11 September 2022.
- Web site: Min Hye Lee. FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. 11 September 2022.
