Jung Seul-ki (also ''Jeong Seul-gi'', ; born July 13, 1988) is a South Korean swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. She finished eleventh in the women's 200 m breaststroke at the

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, and has won a career total of four medals (one gold and three bronze) in a major international competition, spanning the 2006 Pan Pacific Championships, the

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, and the

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. Jung also served as a varsity member of the swimming team at

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. Jung made her first South Korean team at the

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. There, she won two bronze medals each in the 200 m breaststroke, and as a member of the nation's swimming team in the 4×100 m medley. Jung followed up her performance in the following year by winning the women's 200 m breaststroke crown at the

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. Jung's new meet record of 2:24.67 also dipped beneath the FINA A-cut (2:28.20) by more than four seconds, which assured her a spot on the South Korean team for

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. After excelling internationally in the 2006 and 2007 season, Jung competed for the South Korean swimming team in a breaststroke double at the

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. On the first half of a double, the 100 m breaststroke, Jung charged her way to the runner-up spot behind Italy's Roberta Panara in heat four with a steady 1:09.26, but missed the semifinals by almost a full second with a twenty-third overall placement. In her signature event, the 200 m breaststroke, Jung bounced back from the initial half of her specialty double to successfully grab the eleventh seed for the semifinals (2:25.95), but fell short on a berth for the top eight final by the following morning with a disappointing 2:26.83, matching her prelims position in the process.

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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
1988 births Living people South Korean female breaststroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for South Korea Swimmers at the 2002 Asian Games Swimmers at the 2006 Asian Games Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Female breaststroke swimmers Swimmers from Seoul Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Summer World University Games medalists in swimming FISU World University Games gold medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade 21st-century South Korean sportswomen Asian Games bronze medalists in swimming {{SouthKorea-swimming-bio-stub