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Aug 14, 1985 Seoul, South Korea 38 years old
South Korean Olympic swimmer
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About Baek Il Joo
- Baek Il-Joo (also Baek Il-Ju, Korean: ? ??; born August 14, 1985 in Seoul) is a South Korean swimmer, who specializes in freestyle events.
- Baek qualified for the women's 200 m freestyle, as South Korea's oldest swimmer (aged 26), at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by eclipsing the FINA B-standard entry time of 2:01.24 at the Dong-A Swimming Tournament in Ulsan.
- She challenged four other swimmers on the first heat at the Olympics, including two-time Olympian Natthanan Junkrajang 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.
