Kim Hye-Jin (born May 3, 1994, in
Chungcheongnam-do
South Chungcheong Province ( ko, 충청남도, ''Chungcheongnam-do''), also known as Chungnam, is a province of South Korea. South Chungcheong has a population of 2,059,871 (2014) and has a geographic area of 8,204 km2 (3,168 sq mi) located in ...
) is a South Korean swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.
Kim qualified for the
women's 100 m breaststroke at the
2012 Summer Olympics in
London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...
, by eclipsing a FINA B-standard entry time of 1:08.80 from the Dong-A Swimming Tournament in
Ulsan
Ulsan (), officially the Ulsan Metropolitan City is South Korea's seventh-largest metropolitan city and the eighth-largest city overall, with a population of over 1.1 million inhabitants. It is located in the south-east of the country, neighboring ...
. She challenged seven other swimmers on the third heat, including three-time Olympian
Alia Atkinson of Jamaica. Kim raced to seventh place by 0.36 of a second behind Turkey's
Dilara Buse Günaydın
Dilara Buse Günaydın (born July 5, 1989 in Gölcük, Kocaeli Province, Turkey) is a Turkish swimmer competing in the breaststroke events. The tall sportswoman at
transferred to Galatasaray Swimming from Fenerbahçe Swimming.
She graduated ...
, outside her entry time of 1:09.79. Kim failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed thirty-third overall in the preliminary heats.
References
External links
NBC Olympics Profile
1994 births
Living people
Sportspeople from South Chungcheong Province
South Korean female breaststroke swimmers
Swimmers at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic swimmers of South Korea
Swimmers at the 2018 Asian Games
Asian Games competitors for South Korea
21st-century South Korean women
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