Shon Ju-il explained

Shon Ju-il
Birth Date:6 October 1969
Height:1.75 m[1]
Weight:69 kg
Sport:Athletics
Event:400 metres

Shon Ju-il (; born 6 October 1969) is a South Korean former sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres. He represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics as well as two outdoor and one indoor World Championships. In addition, he won a silver medal at the 1994 Asian Games.

His personal bests in the event are 45.37 seconds outdoors (Seoul 1994) and 46.88 seconds indoors (Tianjin 1996). Both results are standing national records.

International competitions

Representing
1994Asian GamesBangkok, Thailandbgcolor=silver2nd400 m45.87
bgcolor=gold1st4 × 400m relay3:10.19
1995World Indoor ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain5th400 m46.90
World ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden27th (qf)400 m46.31
1996Olympic GamesAtlanta, United States42nd (h)400 m46.74
1997World ChampionshipsAthens, Greece30th (qf)400 m47.36
1998Asian ChampionshipsFukuoka, Japanbgcolor=silver2nd4 × 400m relay3:04.44
Asian GamesBangkok, Thailand6th400 m46.19
3rd4 × 400m relay3:05.72

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417163703/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/so/son-ju-il-1.html Sports-Reference profile