Park Na-ri ( ko, 박 나리; born March 3, 1988) is a South Korean swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and individual medley events. She won two bronze medals, as a member of the South Korean swimming team, in the 800 m freestyle relay at the

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, and at the

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in Guangzhou, China. Park qualified for the women's 200 m individual medley at the

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, by attaining a B-standard entry time of 2:20.17. Park challenged five other swimmers on the first heat, including two-time Olympians

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of Kazakhstan and Vered Borochovski of Israel. She edged out Iceland's Lára Hrund Bjargardóttir to a third-place sprint by more than six tenths of a second (0.60) with a time of 2:21.48. Park failed to qualify for the semifinals, as she placed twenty-sixth overall in the preliminaries.

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1988 births Living people South Korean female medley swimmers Olympic swimmers for South Korea Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2006 Asian Games Swimmers at the 2010 Asian Games South Korean female freestyle swimmers {{SouthKorea-swimming-bio-stub Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games 20th-century South Korean women 21st-century South Korean women