About Kim Yu-yeon
Born 1991. Kim Yu-yeon is a South Korean swimmer.
Kim Yu-yeon (; born March 16, 1991) is a South Korean swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events. She represented her nation South Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing among the top fifty swimmers in the sprint dorsal. Kim is also a graduate of Ewha Womans University.
Kim competed for the South Korean swimming team in the women's 100 m backstroke at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Rallying from last out of six entrants at the initial length in heat two, Kim fought off a sprint challenge from 13-year-old Kazakh swimmer Yekaterina Rudenko on the final stretch to touch the wall with a fifth-place time in 1:04.63. Kim failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed forty-fourth overall in the prelims.
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South Korean swimmer
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Kim Yu-yeon was born on 16 March 1991 in Seoul.
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Kim Yu-yeon is South Korean.
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