Son Hee-jung

Son Hee-jung
Personal information
Full name Son Hee-jung
Born (1987-07-06) 6 July 1987
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 55 kg (121 lb)
Team information
Discipline Road, track
Role Rider
Medal record
Representing  South Korea
Women's road cycling
Universiade
2011 Shenzhen Road race
2011 Shenzhen Team time trial
Women's track cycling
Asian Championships
2013 New Delhi Team pursuit
Infobox last updated on
October 11, 2013
This is a Korean name; the family name is Son.

Son Hee-jung (also Son Hui-jeong, Korean: 손 희정; born July 6, 1987) is a South Korean amateur road and track cyclist.[1] She represented her nation South Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and later helped the South Koreans capture the women's team pursuit title at the |2013 Asian Cycling Championships.

Son qualified for the South Korean squad in the women's road race at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by receiving a single berth from the defunct UCI B World Championships. Passing through a three-hour limit and a 102.6-km mark, Son fell to the ground after a heavy collision with six other cyclists and did not finish the race.[2][3][4]

At the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, Son joined her teammate Gu Sun-Geun to stand on the podium, as she handed the South Koreans a 1–2 finish with a silver medal time in 3:31:42.[5][6]

Two years later, at the 2013 Asian Cycling Championships in New Delhi, Son and her South Korean squad (led by 2012 Olympian Lee Min-Hye) posted a time of 4:41.500 to defeat Japan for the gold medal in the final match of the women's 4 km team pursuit.[7]

Career highlights

2011
2nd, silver medalist(s) Universiade (Road), Shenzhen (CHN)
2nd, silver medalist(s) Universiade (TTT), Shenzhen (CHN)
5th Asian Championships (Road), Nakhon Ratchasima (THA)
2013
1st, gold medalist(s) Asian Championships (Track – Team pursuit), New Delhi (IND)
9th Asian Championships (Road), New Delhi (IND)

References

  1. ↑ "Son Hee-Jung". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "Women's Road Race". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  3. ↑ "Cooke weathers storm to take Olympic gold". Velo News. 10 August 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "Nicole Cooke wins Britain's first gold at Beijing Olympic Games". Xinhua News Agency. 10 August 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "South Korea finishes 1–2 on Shenzhen Universiade cycling event". Xinhua News Agency. China.org.cn. 13 August 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  6. ↑ "M'sian track cyclists fail to make headway at Universiade". Daily Express (Sabah). 14 August 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  7. ↑ "Another medal for India with Deborah in junior sprint final". New Delhi: The Hindu. 9 March 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2013.


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