| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Roh Joo-hee |
| National team |  South Korea |
| Born | (1983-03-18)18 March 1983 (age 42) Seoul, South Korea |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle,breaststroke |
Roh Joo-hee (alsoNo Ju-hui,Korean:노 주희; born March 18, 1983) is a South Korean former swimmer, who specialized in middle-distance freestyle and breaststroke events.[1] As a teenager, she representedSouth Korea in two editions of theOlympic Games (1996 and 2000), and also held numerous career bests and national records in both 200 and 400 m freestyle.
Roh made her Olympic debut, as South Korea's youngest ever swimmer in history (aged 13), at the1996 Summer Olympics inAtlanta.[2] She failed to reach the top 16 final in the200 m breaststroke, finishing only in twenty-eighth place at 2:36.20.[3]
At the2000 Summer Olympics inSydney, Roh competed only in a middle-distance freestyle double. She achievedFINA B-standards of 2:03.40 (200 m freestyle) and 4:20.02 (400 m freestyle) from the Asian Championships inBusan.[4][5][6] On the second day of the Games, Roh placed thirty-seventh in the400 m freestyle. Swimming in heat two, she faded down the stretch to pick up a seventh seed in 4:25.66, more than a dozen body length behind leaderLaetitia Choux of France.[7][8] The following day, in the200 m freestyle, Roh posted a time of 2:07.21 to round out the field in heat three, but finished only in thirty-third place on the morning prelims.[9][10]