Kim Seo-yeong (Korean: 김서영; born March 17, 1994, in Suwon) is a South Korean swimmer, who specialized in individual medley events.[1][2] Kim broke a South Korean record of 2:13.65 to take the bronze medal in the 200 m individual medley at the 2009 East Asian Games in Hong Kong.[3]
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| Nationality |  South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 March 1994 Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 51 kg (112 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Individual medley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kim qualified for the women's 400 m individual medley at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 4:46.56 from the Dong-A Swimming Championships in Ulsan.[4] She topped the second heat by nearly two seconds ahead of seven other swimmers, including former bronze medalists Sara Nordenstam of Norway and four-time Olympian Georgina Bardach of Argentina, breaking her personal best of 4:43.99. Kim's overwhelming triumph was not enough to advance her into the final, as she placed seventeenth overall in the preliminary heats.[5] She plans on competing in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[6]
In July 2021, she represented South Korea at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. She competed in the women's 200 metre individual medley and 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay events.[7][8] In the freestyle event, she advanced to semifinal however missed out to compete in the final.[9][10] In the freestyle relay event, the team did not advance to compete in the final.[11]
References edit
- ^ "Kim Seo-Yeong". London2012.com. LOCOG. Archived from the original on May 17, 2013. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kim Seo-Yeong". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
- ^ "East Asian Games: Meet Record Bonanza On Second Day". Swimming World Magazine. December 7, 2009. Archived from the original on May 27, 2013. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
- ^ "Qualifying Athletes – Women's 400 m individual medley" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 16, 2012. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
- ^ "Women's 400m Individual Medley Heat 2". London 2012. Archived from the original on December 5, 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
- ^ "The Olympic ambitions of Kim Seo-yeong". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on December 10, 2018. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
- ^ "Women's 200m Individual Medley Start List – Tokyo 2020 Olympics" (PDF). Olympics.com. July 26, 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 29, 2021. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
- ^ "Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Start List – Tokyo 2020 Olympics" (PDF). Olympics.com. July 28, 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 28, 2021. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
- ^ "Women's 200m Individual Medley Heat Results Summary – Tokyo 2020 Olympics" (PDF). Olympics.com. July 26, 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 26, 2021. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
- ^ "Women's 200m Individual Medley Semifinals Results Summary – Tokyo 2020 Olympics" (PDF). Olympics.com. July 26, 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 27, 2021. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
- ^ "Women's 4 × 200m Freestyle Relay Results Summary – Tokyo 2020 Olympics" (PDF). Olympics.com. July 28, 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 28, 2021. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
External links edit
- Kim Seo-yeong at World Aquatics
- Kim Seo-yeong at Swimrankings.net
- Kim Seo-yeong at Olympedia
- Kim Seo-yeong at Olympics.com
- NBC Olympics Profile
- Kim Seo-young profile at 2020 Summer Olympics[dead link]
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