KIM Seoyeong

Republic of Korea

Swimming

Date of Birth: 17 Mar 1994

Age: 27

Gender: Female

Place of birth: SUWON

Birth Country:

Republic of Korea

Place of residence : GYEONGSAN

Residence Country:

Republic of Korea

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Women's 200m Individual Medley
	Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay KOR Republic of Korea

Schedule

Change

Location	Event	Status
Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 200m Individual Medley - Heat 4	Finished
Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 200m Individual Medley Semifinal 2	Finished
Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay - Heat 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	200IndMed	400IndMed
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	SF (2:12.15)	-
2012	London, GBR	-	H (4:43.99)

World Championships

Year	Location	200Back	200IndMed	400IndMed
2019	Gwangju, KOR	-	6th (2:10.12)	H (4:40.55)
2017	Budapest, HUN	H (2:13.26)	6th (2:10.40)	H (4:39.80)

Asian Games

Year	Location	200IndMed	400IndMed
2018	Indonesia	1st (2:08.34)	2nd (4:37.43)

Champions Swim Series overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2019

Year	200IndMed
2019	2 x 2nd

Champions Swim Series - Ten best performances since 2019

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
2	2019	200m Individual Medley	Budapest, HUN	2:09.97
2	2019	200m Individual Medley	Guangzhou, CHN	2:10.35

Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final

Nickname:

The Little Mermaid (donga.com, 26 Nov 2019)

Hobbies:

Listening to music, reading. (hankookilbo.com, 30 Jan 2020; imbc.com, 13 May 2018)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Education:

Kyungil University, Republic of Korea

Languages spoken:

Korean

Club name:

Gyeongsangbuk-do Government [Republic of Korea]

Coach:

Lee Jung Hoon [national], KOR; Kim In-Kyun [club], KOR

Injuries:

A shoulder injury forced her to withdraw from the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. She was troubled by the injury from 2011 to 2014. (hankookilbo.com, 30 Jan 2020; yeongnam.com, 08 Jul 2017)

Start:

She began swimming at age five, and took up the sport seriously in grade five of primary school in Suwon, Republic of Korea. (ggsports.gg.go.kr, 23 Oct 2012)

Reason:

Her mother sent her to a swimming class. (yeongnam.com, 08 Jul 2017)

Ambition:

To set her personal best and win medals at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (newsis.com, 01 Jan 2021; imnews.imbc.com, 01 Oct 2020)

Training:

She swims up to 7000 metres a day and trains six days a week. (hankookilbo.com, 30 Jan 2020; ichannela.com, 17 Jan 2020)

Hero:

Hungarian swimmer Katinka Hosszu. (news.chosun.com, 03 Apr 2019)

Philosophy:

"I don't set limits, as I want to do as much as I can." (imnews.imbc.com, 14 Mar 2019)

Award:

She was presented with the Female Athlete of the Year Award at the 2019 Women's Sports Awards in Republic of Korea. She also received the Korean Sport and Olympic Committee [KSOC] President Award at the 2019 K-Sponomics Forum. (sporbiz.co.kr, 27 Dec 2019; donga.com, 26 Nov 2019)

She was named 2018 Athlete of the Year at the Korean Sports Awards. (swimswam.com, 26 Feb 2019; msn.com, 25 Jan 2019)

General Interest

General
FURTHER EDUCATION
She has studied for a master's degree at Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, Republic of Korea. (woorifg.com, 16 Apr 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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