Byun Hye-young

Byun Hye-young
Personal information
National team South Korea
Born (1983-06-17) 17 June 1983
Seoul, South Korea
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
College teamChungnam National University
Korean name
Hangul
변혜영
RRByeon Hyeyeong
MRPyŏn Hyeyŏng
In this Korean name, the family name is Byun.

Byun Hye-young (also Byeon Hye-yeong, Korean: 변혜영; born June 17, 1983) is a South Korean former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] She represented South Korea in two editions of the Olympic Games (1996 and 2000), and eventually became a top 20 finalist at the 2003 Summer Universiade in Daegu.[2][3]

Byun made her Olympic debut, as South Korea's youngest ever swimmer in history (aged 13), at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. She finished thirtieth place in the 100 m breaststroke, at 1:12.85.[4] In the 4×100 m medley relay, Byun. along with Lee Ji-hyun, Park Woo-hee, and Lee Bo-eun, placed eighteenth from the prelims in 4:18.98.[5]

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Byun competed only in the 100 m breaststroke. She achieved a FINA B-cut of 1:11.11 from the Dong-A Swimming Tournament in Ulsan.[6] She challenged seven other swimmers in heat four, including top favorites Sarah Poewe of South Africa and Masami Tanaka of Japan. She rounded out the field to last place in 1:11.64, more than half a second (0.50) below her entry standard and 3.58 behind leader Poewe. Byun placed twenty-fifth overall in the prelims.[7][8]

She was educated at Daejeon Daeheung Elementary School, Daejeon Girls' Middle School, Daejeon Physical Education High School, and Chungnam National University.[9]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Byun Hye-young". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  2. ^ Lord, Craig (27 August 2003). "Klochkova Leads Ukraine to Team Crown at World University Games, USA Is Second". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 19 June 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ^ Lord, Craig (26 August 2003). "Brits Take Two, Records Tumble on Day 3 of World University Games". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  4. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Women's 100m Breaststroke Heat 1" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 43. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  5. ^ "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Women's 4×100m Medley Relay Heat 4" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 53. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  6. ^ "Swimming – Women's 100m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 4)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  7. ^ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 100m Breaststroke Heat 4" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 259. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  8. ^ "Dolan breaks own world mark in 400 IM". Canoe.ca. 17 September 2000. Retrieved 28 May 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  9. ^ "충남대 변혜영 평영100m 대회新" (in Korean). 2003-05-02. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
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