Kim Hye-song (athlete)

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Kim Hye song (2013)
Korean spelling
Chosŏn'gŭl 김혜성
Revised
Romanization 		Gim Hye-seong
McCune-
Reischauer 		Kim Hyesŏng

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

Kim won two medals at the 2012 Asian Junior Championships in Colombo . She won silver over 3000 meters and bronze over 5000 meters.

In April 2013, it improved in Pyongyang their personal best in the marathon in 2:34:46 hours. At the 2013 World Championships in Moscow , she ran 14th place in the marathon with a time of 2:38:28 h. In April 2014, she achieved her best time of 2:27:58 h in the marathon in Pyongyang.

Web links

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).
  3. ↑ https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/dpr-of-korea/hye-song-kim-281020
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-song is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Kim, Hye song
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 김혜성 (Korean, Hangeul); Gim, Hye-seong (Revised Romanization); Kim, Hyesong (McCune-Reischauer)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION North Korean long distance runner
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1993