Lee Bo-ra

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Korean spelling
Hangeul 이보라
Revised
Romanization 		I Bo-ra
McCune-
Reischauer 		I Pora

Lee Bo-ra (born August 16, 1986 ) is a South Korean speed skater . She specializes in sprint courses.

Lee has been competing in major international competitions since 2002. She won silver with the team at the Junior World Championships in Klobenstein , and in 2004 she was sixth in this competition in Roseville . In both years she took 19th place in the mini four-way battle. She has also participated in South Korean championships since the end of 2002. In 2003 she won both the sprint four-way battle and the small four-way battle and over 500 meters silver and over 1000 meters bronze. In 2004 bronze was added in the mini four-way battle and over 1500 meters. In 2003 she won bronze again in the four-quarter sprint and over 500 meters. In 2007 she was able to win a title as South Korean champion in the sprint four-way fight for the first time. There was also silver over 500 and 1000 meters.

In the World Cup , Lee made his debut in November 2004 in Kearns as 34th over 500 meters. In December 2007 she was able to run as ninth over 500 meters in Heerenveen for the first time among the top ten of the World Cup. The highpoint in the career of the South Korean was taking part in the 2006 Olympic Games of Turin , where she was 34th over 1000 meters and 25 500 meters.

World Cup placements

placement 100 m 500 m 1000 m 1500 m 3000/5000 m team
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
Top 10 1

(As of December 7, 2007)

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Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Lee is the family name here, Bo-ra is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Lee, Bo-ra
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 이보라 (Korean, Hangeul); I, Bo-ra (Revised Romanization); I, Pora (McCune-Reischauer)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South Korean speed skater
DATE OF BIRTH August 16, 1986