Jo Bun-hui

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Jo Bun-hui
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
Asian Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2002 Colombo 10,000 m

Jo Bun-hui (born 29 November 1979) is a North Korean long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon. Her personal best time is 2:27:22 hours, achieved at the 2006 Pyongyang Marathon. [1]

She competed at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games. [1] She also won the silver medals in the 10,000 metres at the 2002 Asian Championships and the half marathon at the 2003 Summer Universiade, as well as the bronze medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2007 Summer Universiade. She finished fourth at the 2006 Asian Games and won the 2006 Pyongyang Marathon.

Achievements

Jo Bun-hui
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
2001 Pyongyang Marathon Pyongyang, North Korea 3rdMarathon2:30:46
2002 Asian Championships Colombo, Sri Lanka 4th5000 m 16:41.43
2nd10,000 m 35:00.63
2003 Universiade Daegu, South Korea 2ndHalf marathon 1:13:47
2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 56thMarathon 2:55:54
2006 Pyongyang Marathon Pyongyang, North Korea 1stMarathon2:27:22
2007 Universiade Bangkok, Thailand 3rd10,000 m 33:20.55
4thHalf marathon 1:14:37
2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 48thMarathon 2:37:04

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