Kim Soon-Hyung (born 15 July 1973) is a retired

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

n middle distance runner who specialized in the

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and

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. He represented South Korea in the 800 m at the

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. He was the 1993 Asian Champion over 1500 m and is a two-time

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champion, having won in 1993 and 1997. He won two

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s at the

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Achievements

Personal bests

*800 metres - 1:46.03 min (1994) *1500 metres - 3:38.60 min (1993)

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* 1973 births Living people South Korean male middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for South Korea Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Competitors at the 1995 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 1999 Summer Universiade Asian Athletics Championships winners {{SouthKorea-athletics-bio-stub