Byun Hye-young

Byun Hye-young
Personal information
National team South Korea
Born (1983-06-17) 17 June 1983 (age 41)
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
Revised RomanizationByeon Hye-yeong
McCune–ReischauerPyŏn Hye-yŏng
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]

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  2. ^ Lord, Craig (27 August 2003). "Klochkova Leads Ukraine to Team Crown at World University Games, USA Is Second". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  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. Archived from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. ^ "충남대 변혜영 평영100m 대회新" (in Korean). 2003-05-02. Retrieved 2021-12-03.