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Baek Il-Joo (also Baek Il-Ju Korean: 백 일주; born August 14 1985 in Seoul) is a South Korean swimmer who specialized in freestyle events. Baek qualified for the women’s 200 m freestyle as South Korea’s oldest swimmer (aged 26) at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London by eclipsing a FINA B-standard entry time of 2:01.24 from the Dong-A Swimming Tournament in Ulsan. She challenged four other swimmers on the first heat including two-time Olympian Natthanan Junkrajang of Thailand.