Kim Seo-yeong (swimmer)
South Korean swimmer (born 1994)
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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 | March 17, 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]
