Ahn Seul-ki

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Ahn Seul-ki athletics
nation Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea
birthday 29th May 1992 (age 28)
place of birth South Korea
size 161 cm
Weight 46 kg
Career
discipline Long distance running
status active
last change: May 7, 2019

Ahn Seul-ki (born May 29, 1992 ) is a South Korean long-distance runner .

Athletic career

Ahn Seul-ki celebrated her first international successes at the Incheon Half Marathon 2014, in which she came second. A good month later she won the JoongAng Seoul Marathon . The following year she won the Incheon Half Marathon and in 2016 the Gyeonggi International Half Marathon . She qualified in the marathon for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , where she finished 42nd after 2:36:50 h . In 2017 she won the marathon of the National Sports Festival in 2:36:26 h and in 2018 she won the Gyeongju Half Marathon . In the same year she was second in the Daegu Marathon in 2:28:17 h. In 2019 she took part in the 10,000 meter run at the Asian Championships in Doha and finished fifth in 33: 13.17 minutes. A month earlier she had increased her best marathon time at the Seoul International Marathon to 2:27:28 h.

In 2018, Ahn became the South Korean champion in the 10,000 meter run.

Personal bests

  • 10,000 meters: 32: 33.61 min, July 11, 2018 in Fukagawa ( South Korean record )
  • Half marathon: 1:12:01 h, February 24, 2019 in Gyeonggi-do
  • Marathon: 2:27:28 h, March 17, 2019 in Seoul

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