Chang Hee-jin

Chang Hee-jin (Korean: 장희진; born September 5, 1986) is a South Korean former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] She is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2008), and a three-time All-American swimmer in the same stroke (50, 100, and 200 m). Chang is also a former varsity swimmer for the Texas Longhorns, and a graduate of political science at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas. Prior to her time with the Longhorns, she attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, where she was a 4-year varsity athlete and a formerly held various NEPSAC swimming records.

Not to be confused with Jang Hee-jin.
This is a Korean name; the family name is Chang.
Chang Hee-jin
Personal information
National team South Korea
Born (1986-09-05) 5 September 1986
Seoul, South Korea
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
College teamUniversity of Texas (U.S.)
CoachEddie Reese (U.S.)
Chang Hee-jin
Hangul
장희진
Revised RomanizationJang Hui-jin
McCune–ReischauerChang Hŭichin

Chang made her Olympic debut, as South Korea's youngest swimmer (aged 14), at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. There, she failed to advance into the semifinals in any of her individual events, finishing fortieth in the 100 m freestyle (58.77), and forty-first in the 50 m freestyle (26.88).[2][3][4] She also placed seventeenth, as a member of the South Korean team, in the 4 × 100 m medley relay (4:16.93).[5]

After an eight-year absence, Chang competed only in two events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She achieved FINA B-standards of 25.78 (50 m freestyle) and 56.50 (100 m freestyle) from the Dong-A Swimming Tournament in Ulsan.[6][7][8] In the 100 m freestyle, Chang challenged seven other swimmers in heat three, including 18-year-old Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace of the Bahamas. She posted a lifetime best of 55.96 to earn a fourth spot and thirty-second overall by 0.34 of a second behind Austria's Birgit Koschischek.[9][10] In the 50 m freestyle, Chang placed thirty-first on the morning's preliminaries. Swimming in heat nine, she raced to fifth place by a hundredth of a second (0.01) behind Canada's Victoria Poon in 25.59.[11]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Chang Hee-jin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  2. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Heat 6" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 165. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  3. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 100m Freestyle Heat 4" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 175. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  4. "[올림픽/수영]조성모·장희진 자유형 예선탈락" [Olympic swimming: Freestyle stalwarts Cho Sung-mo and Jang Hee-jin eliminated] (in Korean). The Dong-a Ilbo. 22 September 2000. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  5. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 4×100m Medley Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 364. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  6. "Hee-Jin Chang '05 Wins Spot on South Korean Summer Olympic Team". Phillips Academy. 23 April 2008. Archived from the original on 30 December 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  7. "돌아온 인어 아가씨…장희진 동아수영대회 女50m 우승 태극마크 눈앞" [Chang Hee-jin is back to achieve South Korea's 50m freestyle record at the Dong-A Swimming Tournament] (in Korean). The Dong-a Ilbo. 18 April 2008. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  8. "Olympic Cut Sheet – Women's 50m Freestyle" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 45. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  9. "Women's 100m Freestyle Heat 3". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  10. "Chang places 32nd in 100m free at Beijing Olympics". Texas Longhorns. 13 August 2008. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  11. "Women's 50m Freestyle Heat 9". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2013.


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