Gu Sung-eun
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| Full name | Gu Sung-eun | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 August 1984 South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2013 | Orica–AIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gu Sung-eun (born 19 August 1984) is a South Korean professional racing cyclist.
Career
Having finished third in the road race in the 2007 UCI B World Championships and second in the time trial, Gu qualified to represent her country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Gu crashed in the road race when she lost control of her bike on the wet roads, bringing others down with her. She eventually found herself falling into a concrete ditch on the side of the highway but got back on her bike to finish 59th.[2]
Major results
Source:[3]
- 2002
- UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships
- 2nd Points race
- 2nd Scratch
- 2003
- Asian Track Championships
- 2nd Elimination race
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 3rd Scratch
- 2004
- 2nd Scratch, UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Sydney
- 2005
- Asian Track Championships
- 1st Points race
- 1st Team pursuit
- 3rd Individual pursuit
- 2007
- UCI B World Championships
- 2nd Time trial
- 3rd Road race
- Asian Track Championships
- 2nd Scratch
- 3rd Keirin
- 3rd Road race, Asian Road Championships
- 2011
- 1st Road race, Summer Universiade
- 2nd Road race, Asian Road Championships
- 2012
- 2nd Road race, Asian Road Championships
- 9th Overall Tour of Thailand
- 2014
- 3rd Road race, Asian Road Championships
- 2015
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 2020
- 2nd Madison, National Track Championships (with Kim Hyun-ji)
References
- ^ a b "Athlete Biography: GU Sungeun". Beijing Olympics official website. Archived from the original on 13 August 2008.
- ^ Susan Westemeyer (10 August 2008). "Women's road race, complete live report". Cycling News. Retrieved 13 August 2008.
- ^ "Sung Eun Gu". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
External links
- Gu Sung-eun at ProCyclingStats
- Gu Sung-eun at Cycling Archives (archive)