Kim Kuk-hyang (water diver)

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Kim Kuk-hyang Diving
Personal information
Nationality: Korea NorthNorth Korea North Korea
Discipline (s) : Tower / synchronized jumping
Birthday: April 4, 1999
Medals

Kim Kuk-hyang (born April 4, 1999 ) is a North Korean water diver who competes in individual and synchronized jumping from the 10-meter tower.

Career

Kim Kuk-hyang took part in the World Championships for the first time in 2015 at the age of 16 , where she first took fourth place in mixed synchronized jumping from the tower together with Hyon Il-myong on her debut . A few days later she won gold from the 10-meter tower in her first individual start at a major event and prevailed against Ren Qian and Pandelela Rinong Pamg . For her final jump she received the highest score of 10.0 from two judges. The victory was the first gold medal for North Korea at the swimming world championships in history and also meant that Kim Kuk-hyang qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Korean spelling
Chosŏn'gŭl 김 국향
Hancha 金 國 香
Revised
Romanization 		Gim Gukhyang
McCune-
Reischauer 		Kim Kukhyang

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ North Korean woman wins diving gold, makes history at world aquatics championship. The New York Times , July 31, 2015, accessed August 7, 2016 .
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, Kuk-hyang is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Kim, Kuk-hyang
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 김 국향 (Korean, Hangeul); 金 國 香 (Korean, Hanja); Gim, Gukhyang (Revised Romanization); Kim, Kukhyang (McCune-Reischauer)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION North Korean water diver
DATE OF BIRTH April 4, 1999