Han Na-Kyeong | |
Strokes: | Freestyle |
Club: | Sehyeon High School |
Birth Date: | 23 June 1993 |
Birth Place: | Seoul, South Korea |
Weight: | 530NaN0 |
Show-Medals: | yes |
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]