Kim Ji-heun

For other people of the same name, see Kim Ji-hyun.
Kim Ji-heun
Personal information
Full name Kim Ji-heun
National team  South Korea
Born (1989-09-10) 10 September 1989
Seoul, South Korea
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Backstroke
Kim Ji-heun
Hangul 김지현
Revised Romanization Gim Jihyeon
McCune–Reischauer Kim Chihyŏn
This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.

Kim Ji-heun (also Kim Ji-hyeon, Korean: 김지현; born September 10, 1989) is a South Korean swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events.[1] He represented his nation South Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and also claimed a silver medal as a member of the 4×100 m medley relay team at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.

Kim competed for the South Korean swimming team in the men's 200 m backstroke at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[2] Leading up to the Games, he topped the field with a solid 2:02.13 to register under the FINA B-cut (2:03.90) at the Jeju Halla National Cup in Jeju City.[3] Pulling from the near bottom of the pack at the 150-metre turn in heat three, Kim put up a late resistant surge on the final stretch to hit the wall with a fifth-place time and his new personal best in 2:00.72. Kim failed to advance to the semifinals, as he placed twenty-sixth out of 42 swimmers in the preliminary heats.[4]

On May 13, 2014, Kim received a two-year suspension from the Korean Swimming Federation and Korea Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel, after he was tested positive for the clenbuterol.[5]

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