Lee Myong-seung

Lee Myong-Seung
Personal information
Nationality  South Korea
Born (1979-08-14) 14 August 1979
Seoul, South Korea
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Weight 61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Marathon
Club Samsung Electronics Athletic
Club
Coached by Lee Ui-Su
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 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]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Lee Myong-Seung". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Wind to Determine Winner of Gyeongju Marathon". Dong-A Libo. 16 October 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  3. ↑ Jalava, Mirko (17 October 2010). "Yirdaw takes 2:09:13 victory at Gyeongju International Marathon". IAAF. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "Men's Marathon". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2013.


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