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Yoo Kim '04 - Pole Vault
By Kristine Breese
Published Jul 1, 2008 8:00 AM
Copyright ©2008 Photo by Frank Ockenfels 3
Competing for South Korea ~ 2nd Olympics
Yoo Kim knows firsthand how valuable the UCLA athletic experience can be for honing and challenging athletic skills. He set a Korean National Record for the pole vault in 2003, and then broke it as a Bruin at an NCAA meet the following year, "which only got me second," he recalls.
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Today, he still holds the Korean record (18 feet/4.5 inches), some 2 inches higher than his 2003 mark, and credits the training and competition that came with college sports for making that possible.
Yoosuk Kim did not advance past the Aug. 20 qualifying round.
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