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| Born | 9 January 1972 South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lee Do-yeon (born 9 January 1972) [1] is a South Korean cyclist, biathlete and cross-country skier. As a cyclist she competed in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 Summer Paralympics, winning a bronze medal in the 2016 edition. As a biathlete and cross-country skier, she competed in the 2018 Winter Paralympics.
At the age of 19, Lee was paralyzed when she fell from a building. Starting her sporting career in 2007, she initially played table tennis before switching to athletics in 2012, and the following year, she began cycling. [2]
Lee won her first medal in Road World Championships in 2014 when she won the gold medal in the time trial and the bronze medal in the road race. [1] She then competed in the 2016 Summer Paralympics, winning a silver medal in the road race H1–4 event. [3]
At the 2018 Winter Paralympics, Lee competes in three biathlon events [4] [5] [6] and four cross-country skiing events. Returning to cycling, she competed in the 2018 Asian Para Games winning both H2–4 events. [2]
At the 2019 Para-cycling Road World Championships in Emmen, Lee won the silver medal in the time trial and won the bronze medal in the road race. At the 2023 Para-cycling Road World Championships, she won the silver medal in both H4 events. At the 2022 Asian Para Games, she won the gold medal in the time trial and the bronze medal in the road race. [7]
Lee is the mother of three daughters. [1]
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