Lee Eun-ju (gymnast)

Lee Eun Ju
— Gymnast ♀ —
Country represented	South Korea
Born	5 March 1999 Shimonoseki, Japan
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International Elite (South Korea national team)
Years on national team	2015-

Lee Eun Ju (born 5 March 1999) is a South Korean female artistic gymnast. She represents her nation at international competitions. She won the bronze medal in the team event at the 2015 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships. She competed at the 2016 Gymnastics Olympic Test Event and was chosen to represent her country at the 2016 Olympic Games after their initial choice, Lee Go-im, was injured in training. Lee placed 53 in the all-around qualification, her best result being a 13.500 on the uneven bars.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Lee came into the limelight during the Rio Olympics after she took a selfie alongside North Korean gymnast Hong Un-jong. A Reuters picture of the two smiling women was praised for capturing the spirit of the Games.^[4] IOC President Thomas Bach called the selfie a "great gesture".^[5]

Lee's mother is Japanese while her father is Korean. She was born in Shimonoseki, Japan, and moved to South Korea in 2013.^[6][5]

References

1. "South Korea's Lee Go-im Injured in Rio Training, Replaced by Lee Eun-ju".
2. "2016 Olympic Athlete Biography - Lee Eun-Ju".
3. "2016 Gymnastics Olympic Test Event athletes - Lee Eun Ju" (PDF). gymnasticsresults.com. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
4. "North and South Korean gymnasts pose for Olympic selfie". BBC. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
5. "Even Olympic selfies are complicated by Koreas' rivalry". The Japan Times. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
6. "Kankoku to Kitachōsen no joshi senshu, nakayoku jidori nettode wadai ni". Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 10 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.