Shim Min-ji (also Sim Min-ji,
Korean: 심민지; born April 25, 1983) is a South Korean former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and backstroke events.[1] She is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004) and a three-time relay medalist at the
Asian Games (2002).
Shim made her Olympic debut, as a 17-year-old teen, at the
2000 Summer Olympics in
Sydney, where she competed in the
women's 100 m backstroke. Swimming in heat three, Shim finished second behind Zimbabwe's
Kirsty Coventry in 1:03.20, but missed the semifinals by 0.15 of a second, as she shared a nineteenth-place tie with Australia's
Giaan Rooney in the preliminaries.[2][3] She also placed seventeenth, as a member of the South Korean team, in the
4 × 100 m medley relay (4:16.93).[4]
In the
100 m backstroke, Shim challenged seven other swimmers on the fourth heat, including top medal favorites
Laure Manaudou of France and
Reiko Nakamura of Japan. She rounded out the field to last place by 0.67 of a second behind Canada's
Erin Gammel in 1:03.14. Shim failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed twenty-fourth overall in the preliminaries.[13][14]
^"[올림픽/수영]심민지, 배영100m 준결승 좌절" [Olympic swimming: Shim Min-ji fails to enter the semis in the women's 100m back] (in Korean).
The Dong-a Ilbo. 17 September 2000. Retrieved 17 November 2015.