Kim Hye-gyong

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This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.
Kim Hye-gyong
Kim Hye-gyong running
Personal information
Born (1993-03-09) 9 March 1993 (age 31)
Sariwon, North Hwanghae Province, North Korea
Height 153 cm (5 ft 0 in)[1]
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl 김혜경
Revised Romanization Gim Hyegyeong
McCune–Reischauer Kim Hyegyŏng
Sport
Country  North Korea
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Marathon
Team Pyongyang Sports Team
Coached by Jong Myong-chol
Achievements and titles
World finals
  • 2013: Marathon – 8th
Highest world ranking 8th (marathon, 2013)
Personal best(s) Marathon: 2:28:32[2]
Medal record
Gold medal – first place 2015 Hong Kong Marathon
Updated on 5 September 2015.

Kim Hye-gyong (Chosŏn'gŭl: 김혜경; born 9 March 1993) is a North Korean long-distance runner.[2]

Marathoner Kim Hye-song is her sister. They are fraternal twins. Hye-gyong is the younger.[1] Their mutual coach, Jong Myong-chol, describes their healthy rivalry in races and friendship as the key to their success. According to Jong, Hye-gyong has a livelier personality of the twins and trains harder.[3] Together they train five times a week, running 25–30 km a day.[3]

The sisters Kim, along with Kim Mi-gyong (no relation) are considered the most prominent of North Korean female marathoners today.[4] Kim Hye-gyong represents the Pyongyang Sports Team.[5] She has a brother, a marathoner representing the April 25 Sports Team.[6]

Career

Kim is from Sariwon, North Hwanghae Province.[4] Already physically active in kindergarten,[6] she and her sister started running in middle-school at the age of 14. They were proven good runners and Kim won many competitions.[4][6] Kim's ability to maintain high speed and good composure in particular made her stand out.[6] The sisters' father was a marathon coach at that time.[7] Kim trained at Kumchon County Juvenile Sports School.[6] The sisters then moved to the capital Pyongyang.[4] Kim subsequently won events such as 5,000 m, 10,000 m and 30 km in domestic tournaments like the 2009 Jonsung Cup and the 2011 national championships.[6][7]

After having won the half marathon at the 2010 Pyongyang Marathon, she was selected to represent North Korea as a part of the national team. She went on to win the 2011 half marathon and coming second at the 2012 full marathon in Pyongyang, too. These results earned North Korea a berth to the 2012 London Olympics.[7] However, Kim was not among those who raced there.[8]

Kim's standing of 8th at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics brought her fame in her just second ever race abroad.[3]

Kim then took a surprise victory over many East African favorites at the 2015 Hong Kong Marathon serving as that year's Asian Marathon Championship, taking home a $65,000 prize. Sports journalist Pat Butcher considered the victory an important step toward the 2015 World Championships in Athletics, saying: "This is a huge win for North Korea. The last time a woman from North Korea won the world championships was in 1999 in Seville. Maybe this could be Kim's year".[9][lower-alpha 1] Kim started in the women's marathon at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, but did not finish the race.[10]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2011 2011 Summer Universiade Shenzhen, China — Half marathon DNF[11]
2012 Pyongyang Marathon Pyongyang, North Korea 2nd[12] Marathon 2:31:29[2]
2013 Pyongyang Marathon Pyongyang, North Korea 2nd[12] Marathon 2:28:32[2]
2013 World Championships in Athletics Moscow, Russia 8th[4] Marathon 2:35:49[2]
Great Eastern Women's Run Singapore 1st Half marathon 1:15:59[13]
2014 Pyongyang Marathon Pyongyang, North Korea 1st[12] Marathon 2:27:05[2]
2014 Asian Games Incheon, South Korea 7th[4] Marathon 2:36:38[1]
2015 15th Asian Marathon Championship Hong Kong 1st Marathon 2:31:46[4]
2015 World Championships in Athletics Beijing, China — Marathon DNF[10]

Notes and references

  1. ↑ The last and only time North Korea has won a medal at the World Championships in Athletics was Jong Song-ok's women's marathon gold at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain.[4]

References

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