Byun Hye-young explained

Byun Hye-young
Strokes:Breaststroke
Collegeteam:Chungnam National University
Birth Date:17 June 1983
Birth Place:Seoul, South Korea
Height:1.660NaN0
Weight:610NaN0
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Hangul:변혜영
Rr:Byeon Hye-yeong
Mr:Pyŏn Hye-yŏng
Child:yes

Byun Hye-young (also Byeon Hye-yeong, Korean: 변혜영; born June 17, 1983) is a South Korean former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] She represented South Korea in two editions of the Olympic Games (1996 and 2000), and eventually became a top 20 finalist at the 2003 Summer Universiade in Daegu.[2] [3]

Byun made her Olympic debut, as South Korea's youngest ever swimmer in history (aged 13), at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. She finished thirtieth place in the 100 m breaststroke, at 1:12.85.[4] In the 4×100 m medley relay, Byun. along with Lee Ji-hyun, Park Woo-hee, and Lee Bo-eun, placed eighteenth from the prelims in 4:18.98.[5]

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Byun competed only in the 100 m breaststroke. She achieved a FINA B-cut of 1:11.11 from the Dong-A Swimming Tournament in Ulsan.[6] She challenged seven other swimmers in heat four, including top favorites Sarah Poewe of South Africa and Masami Tanaka of Japan. She rounded out the field to last place in 1:11.64, more than half a second (0.50) below her entry standard and 3.58 behind leader Poewe. Byun placed twenty-fifth overall in the prelims.[7] [8]

She was educated at Daejeon Daeheung Elementary School, Daejeon Girls' Middle School, Daejeon Physical Education High School, and Chungnam National University.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Byun Hye-young. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417084206/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/by/byeon-hye-yeong-1.html. dead. 17 April 2020. 19 June 2013.
  2. News: Lord. Craig. Klochkova Leads Ukraine to Team Crown at World University Games, USA Is Second. Swimming World Magazine. 27 August 2003. 19 June 2013. dead. https://archive.today/20130411222652/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/5822.asp. 11 April 2013.
  3. News: Lord . Craig . Brits Take Two, Records Tumble on Day 3 of World University Games . . 26 August 2003 . 19 June 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131105173557/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/5807.asp . 5 November 2013 .
  4. Web site: Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Women's 100m Breaststroke Heat 1 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110523164915/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3p1.pdf . dead . 23 May 2011 . . . . 43 . 14 June 2013 .
  5. Web site: Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Women's 4×100m Medley Relay Heat 4 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110523164915/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3p1.pdf . dead . 23 May 2011 . . . . 53 . 14 June 2013 .
  6. Web site: Swimming – Women's 100m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 4). PDF. Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. 14 June 2013.
  7. Web site: Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 100m Breaststroke Heat 4 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf . dead . 19 August 2011 . . . . 259 . 26 April 2013 .
  8. News: Dolan breaks own world mark in 400 IM. https://archive.today/20130616043443/http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesSwimming/sep17_dol.html. usurped. June 16, 2013. Canoe.ca. 17 September 2000. 28 May 2013.
  9. News: 충남대 변혜영 평영100m 대회新 . ko . 2003-05-02 . 2021-12-03 .

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