Lee Bong-ju

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Korean spelling
Hangeul 이봉주
Hanja 李鳳 柱
Revised
Romanization 		I bong-ju
McCune-
Reischauer 		I Pongchu
Lee Bong-ju, 2015

Lee Bong-ju (born October 11, 1970 in Seoul ) is a South Korean marathon runner and silver medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics .

In 1993 he had won the Honolulu Marathon and in 1995 the Seoul International Marathon . At the Atlanta Olympic Marathon , he came second in the tightest finish ever in the competition - three seconds behind Josia Thugwane (RSA) and five seconds ahead of Erick Wainaina (KEN). In the same year he won the Fukuoka Marathon .

In 1998 he set a national record as runner-up in the Rotterdam Marathon with 2:07:44. In 2000 he improved it to the still valid mark of 2:07:20 in second place in the Tokyo International Men's Marathon .

In 2001 he won the Boston Marathon , and the following year, as in 1998, he was Asian marathon champion.

The 2007 season started for him with his first big win in years, winning the Seoul International Marathon in 2:08:04.

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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, Bong-ju is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Lee, bong-ju
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 이봉주 (Korean, Hangeul); 李鳳 柱 (Korean, Hanja); I, Bong-ju (Revised Romanization); I, Pongchu (McCune-Reischauer)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South Korean marathon runner and Olympic runner-up
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Seoul