Kim Hye-jin (swimmer)

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Kim Hye-Jin
Personal information
NationalityFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Born (1994-05-03) 3 May 1994 (age 31)
Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea
Height1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Korean name
Hangul
김혜진
Revised Romanization Gim Hyejin
McCune–Reischauer Kim Hyejin
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke
Medal record
Asian Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Hangzhou 4×100 m medley relay

Kim Hye-Jin (born May 3, 1994, in Chungcheongnam-do) is a South Korean swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. [1] [2] Kim qualified for the women's 100 m breaststroke at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by eclipsing a FINA B-standard entry time of 1:08.80 from the Dong-A Swimming Tournament in Ulsan. [3] 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, 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. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Kim Hye-Jin". London 2012. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kim Hye-Jin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "Qualifying Athletes – Women's 100 m breaststroke" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "Women's 100m Breaststroke Heat 3". London 2012. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
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