Kwon Keun-young

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Kwon Keun-young ( kor. 권근영 ; born August 21, 1979 ) is a South Korean obstacle runner .

In 2005 she won the JoongAng Seoul Marathon .

In 2006 she became the first South Korean female champion in the 3,000 meter obstacle course with the national record of 10: 58.03 min. The following year she improved this record to 10: 40.79 min.

Personal bests

  • 3000 m obstacle: 10:32.17 min, October 13, 2008, Yeosu
  • Marathon : 2:49:09 h, November 6, 2005, Seoul

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Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Kwon is the family name here, Keun-young is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Kwon, Keun-young
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 권근영 (Korean, Hangeul); Gwon, Geun-yeong (Revised Romanization); Kwŏn, Kŭnyŏng (McCune-Reischauer)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South Korean obstacle runner
DATE OF BIRTH August 21, 1979