Kim Seo-yeong (swimmer)
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| Nationality |
 South Korea | ||||||||||||
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17 March 1994 Gyeonggi-do, South Korea | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||
| Strokes | Individual medley | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kim Seo-Yeong (Korean: 김 서영; born March 17, 1994 in Gyeonggi-do) 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, China.[3]
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]
References
- ↑ "Kim Seo-Yeong". London 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
- ↑ "Kim Seo-Yeong". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
- ↑ "East Asian Games: Meet Record Bonanza On Second Day". Swimming World Magazine. 7 December 2009. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
- ↑ "Qualifying Athletes – Women's 400 m individual medley" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ↑ "Women's 400m Individual Medley Heat 2". London 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2013.