Kim Hye-gyong

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Kim Hye-gyong
Korean spelling
Chosŏn'gŭl 김혜경
Revised
Romanization 		Gim Hye-gyeong
McCune-
Reischauer 		Kim Hyegyŏng

Kim Hye-gyong (born March 9, 1993 ) is a North Korean long-distance runner . Her twin sister Kim Hye-song is also a long-distance runner.

Kim ran a personal best of 2:31:29 h in the marathon in Pyongyang in 2012 . In the following year, she improved this in the same place to 2:28:32 h. At the 2013 World Championships in Moscow , she finished 8th in the marathon with a time of 2:35:49 h.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ yonhapnews.co.kr, accessed April 11, 2016
  2. ↑ [사진 결승선 통과 후 쓰러진 남 · 북 여자 마라톤 선수 ]. JoongAng Ilbo from August 11, 2013 (Korean).
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Kim is the family name here, Hye-gyong is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Kim, Hye-gyong
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 김혜경 (Korean, Hangeul); Gim, Hye-gyeong (Revised Romanization); Kim, Hyegyŏng (McCune-Reischauer)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION North Korean long distance runner
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1993