Kim Hye-song (runner)

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This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.
Kim Hye-song
Kim Hye-song 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]
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 – 14th
  • 2015: Marathon – 9th
Highest world ranking 9th (marathon, 2015)
Personal best(s)
  • 10,000 m: 33:59.20 (2012)
  • Marathon: 2:27:58 (2014)
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Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl 김혜성
Revised Romanization Gim Hyeseong
McCune–Reischauer Kim Hyesŏng
Updated on 5 September 2015.

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

Marathoner Kim Hye-gyong is her sister. They are fraternal twins. Hye-song is the eldest of the two.[1] According to their coach, Jong Myong-chol, Hye-song is more conservative and quiet than her sister. The coach considers their healthy rivalry in races and friendship a key to their success.[3]

Kim represents the Pyongyang Sports Team.[4] Together she and her sister 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.[5]

Career

Kim is from Sariwon, North Hwanghae Province.[5] She and her sister started running in middle-school at the age of 14.[5] Their father was a marathon coach at that time.[6] Kim trained at a sports school in Kumchon County. At the age of 14, she won both the 3,000 m and 5,000 m events at a national competition between sport schools.[7] The sisters then moved to the capital Pyongyang.[5] Kim finished fifth at the half marathon of the 2010 Pyongyang Marathon and was subsequently chosen to represent North Korea in the national team.[6]

She could not join her sister in the 2015 Hong Kong Marathon serving as that year's Asian Marathon Championship due to a left hamstring injury.[5] Kim took part in the women's marathon at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, finishing 9th.[8]

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2013 Pyongyang Marathon Pyongyang, North Korea 9th[9] Marathon 2:34:46[2]
World Championships Moscow, Russia 14th Marathon 2:38:28[2]
Great Eastern Women's Run Singapore 2nd Half-marathon 1:17:52[10]
2014 Pyongyang Marathon Pyongyang, North Korea 2nd[11] Marathon 2:27:58[2]
Asian Games Incheon, South Korea 9th[5] Marathon 2:38:55[1]
2015 Pyongyang Marathon Pyongyang, North Korea 1st[4] Marathon 2:29:12[2]
World Championships Beijing, China 9th Marathon 2:30:59[8]

References

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