Shin Su-jong

Shin Su-jong (also Sin Su-jong, Korean: 신 수종; born February 15, 1988) is a South Korean swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] He represented his nation South Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has won a silver medal, as a member of the men's 4 × 100 m medley relay team, at the 2006 Asian Championships in Singapore.[2][3]

Shin Su-jong
Personal information
Full nameShin Su-jong
National team South Korea
Born (1988-02-15) 15 February 1988
Asan, South Korea
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing South Korea
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2006 Singapore 4×100 m medley
In this Korean name, the family name is Shin.

Shin competed for the South Korean swimming team in the men's 200 m breaststroke at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[2] He finished outside the semifinal time in 2:15.88 to slide under the FINA B-cut (2:18.37) at the World Championships one year earlier in Melbourne, Australia.[4][5] Rallying from sixth at the 150-metre turn in heat two, Shin fought off a three-way sprint challenge from Miguel Molina of the Philippines and Martti Aljand of Estonia on the final lap to snatch the fourth spot in 2:16.21. Shin failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed forty-third out of 53 swimmers in the prelims.[6]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Shin Su-jong". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  2. "[2008 베이징올림픽-수영] 태환아, 펠프스를 말려줘" [2008 Summer Olympics: Tae-hwan could beat Phelps in swimming] (in Korean). The Hankyoreh. 7 August 2008. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  3. "신수종, 범태평양 수영선수권서 한국신" [Shin Su-jong breaks Korean mark at the Pan Pacific Championships] (in Korean). Asan Today. 22 August 2006. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  4. "Olympic Cut Sheet – Men's 200m Breaststroke" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 31. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  5. "2007 FINA World Championships (Melbourne, Australia) – Men's 200m Breaststroke Heats" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  6. "Swimming: Men's 200m Breaststroke Heat 2". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2013.


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