Ham Bong-sil explained

Hangul:	함봉실
Rr:	Ham Bongsil
Mr:	Ham Pongsil
Context:	north

Ham Pong-sil (born 24 July 1974) is a North Korean long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon race.

She is a three-time Pyongyang Marathon winner (2002, 2003, 2005).^[1]

After the Paris World Championships in 2003, she was appointed to a post in charge of track and field coaching in North Korea. She trained O Song Mi, among others.^[2]

Achievements

Representing
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	8th	Marathon	2:27:07
2001	Pyongyang Marathon	Pyongyang, North Korea	2nd	Marathon	2:29:44
2001	Universiade	Beijing, China	1st	Half marathon	1:15:24
2002	Pyongyang Marathon	Pyongyang, North Korea	1st	Marathon	2:26:23
		Colombo, Sri Lanka	1st	5000 m	15:42.88
		Colombo, Sri Lanka	1st	10,000 m	34:44.92
	Asian Games	Busan, South Korea	1st	Marathon	2:33:35
2003	Pyongyang Marathon	Pyongyang, North Korea	1st	Marathon	2:27:48
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	5th	Marathon	2:25:31 = PB
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	-	Marathon	DNF
2005	Pyongyang Marathon	Pyongyang, North Korea	1st	Marathon	2:31:46
2005		Incheon, South Korea	3rd	10,000 m	34:35.30

Personal bests

5000 metres - 15:37.5 min (2002) - national record.^[3]
10,000 metres - 34:35.30 min (2005)
Half marathon - 1:12:47 hrs (2003)
Marathon - 2:25:31 hrs (2003) - national record.

References

http://marathoninfo.free.fr/historique/pyongyang.htm Marathoninfo - List of Pyongyang Marathon winners
Web site: The One-time Athlete . . 19 May 2015 . 23 May 2015 . 19 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150519100323/http://www.uriminzokkiri.com/index.php?ptype=english&no=11001 . dead .
http://www.athlerecords.net/Records/ASIE/PLEINAIR/RECNORKOREA.txt North Korean athletics records