Mo Myeong-hui
Personal information | |
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Nationality | South Korean |
Born | 4 March 1963 |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 모명희 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Mo Myŏnghŭi |
McCune–Reischauer | Mo Myeonghui |
Sport | |
Sport | Sprinting |
Event(s) | 200 metres |
Mo Myeong-hui (born 4 March 1963) is a South Korean sprinter. She competed in the women's 200 metres at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[1]
Mo was chosen for the South Korean national team as a first-year student at Inil Girls' High School,[a] and later attended Seoul National University. She originally announced her retirement five years later in December 1983, but later chose to continue competing.[2][3]
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mo Myeong-hui Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ^ "陸上단거리 女王 牟明姬 은퇴" [Short-distance track queen Mo Myeong-hui retires]. Kyunghyang Shinmun. 21 December 1983. p. 9. Retrieved 1 March 2018 – via Naver News Library.
- ^ "한국 최초 세계육상선수권 예선 통과 모명희 씨" [The first South Korean to pass the selection round of the World Championships in Athletics, Ms. Mo Myeong-hui]. The Dong-a Ilbo. 29 July 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
External links[]
- Mo Myeong-hui at Olympedia
Categories:
- 1963 births
- Living people
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- South Korean female sprinters
- Olympic athletes of South Korea
- Seoul National University alumni
- Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games
- Olympic female sprinters
- South Korean athletics biography stubs