Kim Seo-yeong
Kim in 2019
Personal information
Nationality South Korea
Born (1994-03-17) 17 March 1994
Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesIndividual medley
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  South Korea
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta 200 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2018 Jakarta 400 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou 4×100 m medley relay
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou 200 m medley
East Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place2009 Hong Kong 200 m medley
Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Taipei 200 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Taipei 400 m medley

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]

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]

References

  1. ↑ "Kim Seo-Yeong". London2012.com. LOCOG. Archived from the original on May 17, 2013. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kim Seo-Yeong". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  3. ↑ "East Asian Games: Meet Record Bonanza On Second Day". Swimming World Magazine. December 7, 2009. Archived from the original on May 27, 2013. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Qualifying Athletes – Women's 400 m individual medley" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 16, 2012. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Women's 400m Individual Medley Heat 2". London 2012. Archived from the original on December 5, 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  6. ↑ "The Olympic ambitions of Kim Seo-yeong". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on December 10, 2018. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Women's 200m Individual Medley Start List – Tokyo 2020 Olympics" (PDF). Olympics.com. July 26, 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 29, 2021. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Start List – Tokyo 2020 Olympics" (PDF). Olympics.com. July 28, 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 28, 2021. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Women's 200m Individual Medley Heat Results Summary – Tokyo 2020 Olympics" (PDF). Olympics.com. July 26, 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 26, 2021. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Women's 200m Individual Medley Semifinals Results Summary – Tokyo 2020 Olympics" (PDF). Olympics.com. July 26, 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 27, 2021. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  11. ↑ "Women's 4 × 200m Freestyle Relay Results Summary – Tokyo 2020 Olympics" (PDF). Olympics.com. July 28, 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 28, 2021. Retrieved July 29, 2021.


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