Park Hyung-Joo (also ''Park Hyeong-Ju'', ko, 박 형주; born July 16, 1995, in
Seoul
Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the Capital city, capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the North Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea ...
) is a South Korean swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events.
Park qualified for the
men's 200 m backstroke, as South Korea's youngest male swimmer (aged 17), at the
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, th ...
in
London
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, by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 2:00.53 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 ...
. He challenged seven other swimmers on the second heat, including three-time Olympian and European short course champion
Aschwin Wildeboer Faber
Aschwin Wildeboer Faber (born 14 February 1986 in Sabadell, Spain), known as Aschwin Wildeboer, is a Spanish Olympic backstroke swimmer of Dutch origin.
Biography
His parents, both born and raised in Netherlands, moved to Spain in 1978 and settl ...
of Spain. Park edged out Ukraine's
Oleksandr Isakov to take the seventh spot by 0.28 of a second in 2:01.50. Park failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed thirty-first overall in the preliminary heats.
References
External links
NBC Olympics Profile
1995 births
Living people
South Korean male backstroke swimmers
Olympic swimmers for South Korea
Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Swimmers from Seoul
21st-century South Korean people
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