Han Na-kyeong explained

Han Na-Kyeong
Strokes:Freestyle
Club:Sehyeon High School
Birth Date:23 June 1993
Birth Place:Seoul, South Korea
Weight:530NaN0
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Han Na-Kyeong (also Han Na-Gyeong, Korean: 한 나경; born June 23, 1993, in Seoul) is a South Korean swimmer, who specialized in long-distance freestyle events.[1] [2] Han is a member of the swimming team at Sehyeon High School in Seoul.[1]

Han qualified for the women's 800 m freestyle at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by eclipsing a FINA B-standard entry time of 8:50.16 from the Dong-A Swimming Championships in Ulsan.[3] She challenged seven other swimmers on the second heat, including two-time Olympians Lynette Lim of Singapore, Khoo Cai Lin of Malaysia, and Nina Dittrich of Austria. She rounded out the field to last place by five seconds behind Lim in 8:57.26. Han failed to qualify for the final, as she placed thirty-second overall in the preliminary heats.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Han Na-Kyeong. London 2012. 3 April 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130517091532/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/han-nakyeong-264755/. 17 May 2013.
  2. Han Na-Kyeong. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417234412/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/han-na-gyeong-1.html. dead. 17 April 2020. 3 April 2013.
  3. News: Qualifying Athletes – Women's 800 m freestyle. FINA. 9 February 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121116081650/http://www.fina.org/H2O/docs/events/london2012/sw/qual_lists/women_800free.pdf. 16 November 2012.
  4. Web site: Women's 800m Freestyle Heat 2. London 2012. 3 April 2013. 5 December 2012. https://archive.today/20121205050329/http://www.london2012.com/swimming/event/women-800m-freestyle/phase=sww018900/index.html. dead.