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Baek Il-Joo (also ''Baek Il-Ju'', ; born August 14, 1985, in
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) is a South Korean swimmer, who specializes in freestyle events.


Swimming career

Baek qualified for the women's 200 m freestyle, as South Korea's oldest swimmer (aged 26), at the
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in
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, by eclipsing the FINA B-standard entry time of 2:01.24 at the Dong-A Swimming Tournament in
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. She challenged four other swimmers on the first heat at the Olympics, including two-time Olympian
Natthanan Junkrajang Natthanan Junkrajang (; ; born 13 April 1986 in Sing Buri, Thailand) is a Thai swimmer. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she competed in the women's 100 and 200 m freestyle events. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer ...
of Thailand. Baek raced to third place by 0.77 of a second behind Switzerland's Danielle Villars with a third-slowest time of 2:04.32. Baek failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed thirty-third overall in the preliminary heats.


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NBC Olympics Profile
1985 births Living people Olympic swimmers for South Korea Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics South Korean female freestyle swimmers Swimmers from Seoul 21st-century South Korean sportswomen {{SouthKorea-swimming-bio-stub