Kim Seo-yeong (swimmer)

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 Seo-yeong

Kim in 2019
Personal information
Nationality	South Korea
Born	(1994-03-17) March 17, 1994 (age 31) Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Individual medley
Medal record Women's swimming Representing  South Korea Asian Games 2018 Jakarta 200 m medley 2018 Jakarta 400 m medley 2022 Hangzhou 4×100 m medley relay 2022 Hangzhou 4×200 m freestyle 2022 Hangzhou 200 m medley East Asian Games 2009 Hong Kong 200 m medley Universiade 2017 Taipei 200 m medley 2017 Taipei 400 m medley

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

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]