Mo Myung-hee

Mo Myung-hee
Personal information
NationalitySouth Korean
Born (1963-03-04) 4 March 1963
Korean name
Hangul
모명희
Hanja
牟明姬
RRMo Myeonghui
MRMo Myŏnghŭi
Sport
SportSprinting
Event
200 metres
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  South Korea
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place1979 Tokyo200 m
Bronze medal – third place1979 Tokyo100 m
Bronze medal – third place1981 Tokyo4×100 m
Bronze medal – third place1983 Kuwait City200 m

Mo Myung-hee (born 4 March 1963) is a South Korean sprinter. She competed in the women's 200 metres at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[1]

Mo was chosen for the South Korean national team as a first-year student at Inil Girls' High School,[a] and later attended Seoul National University. She originally announced her retirement five years later in December 1983, but later chose to continue competing.[2][3]

Notes

  1. ↑ 인일여자고등학교; 仁一女子高等學校; Inil Yeoja Godeunghakgyo

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mo Myung-hee Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "陸上단거리 女王 牟明姬 은퇴" [Short-distance track queen Mo Myung-hee retires]. Kyunghyang Shinmun. 21 December 1983. p. 9. Retrieved 1 March 2018 – via Naver News Library.
  3. ↑ "한국 최초 세계육상선수권 예선 통과 모명희 씨" [The first South Korean to pass the selection round of the World Championships in Athletics, Ms. Mo Myung-hee]. The Dong-a Ilbo. 29 July 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
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