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Shon Ju-il

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Shon Ju-il
Personal information
Born (1969-10-06) 6 October 1969 (age 55)
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event400 metres
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  South Korea
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 1998 Fukuoka 4×400 m

Shon Ju-il (Korean손주일; born 6 October 1969) is a South Korean former sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres.[2] He represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics as well as two outdoor and one indoor World Championships. In addition, he won a silver medal at the 1994 Asian Games.

His personal bests in the event are 45.37 seconds outdoors (Seoul 1994) and 46.88 seconds indoors (Tianjin 1996). Both results are standing national records.

International competitions

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  South Korea
1994 Asian Games Bangkok, Thailand 2nd 400 m 45.87
1st 4 × 400m relay 3:10.19
1995 World Indoor Championships Barcelona, Spain 5th 400 m 46.90
World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 27th (qf) 400 m 46.31
1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 42nd (h) 400 m 46.74
1997 World Championships Athens, Greece 30th (qf) 400 m 47.36
1998 Asian Championships Fukuoka, Japan 2nd 4 × 400m relay 3:04.44
Asian Games Bangkok, Thailand 6th 400 m 46.19
3rd 4 × 400m relay 3:05.72

References

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