Lee Myong-seung explained

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Lee Myong-Seung
Birth Date:14 August 1979
Birth Place:Seoul, South Korea
Weight:610NaN0
Sport:Athletics
Event:Marathon
Club:Samsung Electronics Athletic
Club
Coach:Lee Ui-Su
Pb:Marathon: 2:13:25 (2010)

Lee Myong-Seung (also Lee Myeong-Seung, Korean: 이 명승; born August 14, 1979, in Seoul) is a South Korean marathon runner.[1] He set a personal best time of 2:13:25, by finishing ninth at the 2010 Seoul International Marathon.[2] In the same year, he achieved his best career result with a fourth-place finish at the Gyeongju International Marathon, clocking at 2:16:19.[3]

Lee made his official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he placed forty-first out of a hundred runners in the marathon, with a time of 2:21:01.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Lee qualified for the second time in the men's marathon, along with his teammates Kim Yi-Yong and Lee Bong-Ju. He successfully finished the race in eighteenth place by seven seconds ahead of Finland's Janne Holmen, posting his best Olympic career time of 2:14:37.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Lee Myong-Seung. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417233545/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/lee-myeong-seung-1.html. dead. 17 April 2020. 18 January 2013.
  2. News: Wind to Determine Winner of Gyeongju Marathon. Dong-A Libo. 16 October 2010. 18 January 2013.
  3. News: Jalava. Mirko. Yirdaw takes 2:09:13 victory at Gyeongju International Marathon. IAAF. 17 October 2010. 18 January 2013.
  4. Web site: Men's Marathon . . 16 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120816164758/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/trackandfield/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DATM099100/standings.html . 16 August 2012 .