Song Min-ji (Korean: 송민지; born 30 March 1998) is a South Korean road and track cyclist who currently competes for amateur team Samyang Women's Cycling Team. She competed primarily in South Korea for her junior career, only moving to international events beginning in 2023. Song competed in the 2022 Asian Games (held in 2023 due to delays) in the team pursuit.[1] She found international success in 2024, winning the Asian Road Cycling Championship road race event and winning a bronze medal in the team pursuit at the Asian Track Cycling Championships.[2]
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| Born | 30 March 1998 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Samyang Women's Cycling Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | road | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2021– | Samyang Women's Cycling Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Song was selected to represent South Korea at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the road race based on her UCI points ranking.[2] Song participated, but did not finish the race.
Major results
editRoad
edit- 2017
- 3rd Time trial, National Championships
- 2018
- 3rd Time trial, National Championships
- 2019
- 5th Time trial, National Championships
- 2022
- 5th Road race, National Championships
- 2023
- 2nd Road race, National Championships
- 2024
- 1st
Road race, Asian Championships - 2nd Road race, National Championships
Track
edit- 2023
- 4th Team pursuit, Asian Games
- 2024
- Asian Championships
- 3rd
Team pursuit - 4th Madison
- 3rd
References
edit- ^ "SONG Minji". ocagames.com. Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ a b Yang, Mary; Chung, Kevin (19 July 2024). "Korean cyclists ready to ride at Paris Olympics". koreajoongangdaily.joins.com. Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
External links
edit- Song Min-ji at ProCyclingStats
- Song Min-ji at FirstCycling
- Song Min-Ji at Paris 2024 Summer Olympics