About Lim Nam-gyun
Born 1987. Lim Nam-gyun is a South Korean swimmer.
Lim Nam-gyun (also Im Nam-gyun, ; born March 4, 1987) is a South Korean swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. He represented his nation South Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has won two bronze medals, as a member of the men's 400 and 800 m freestyle relay teams at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar.
Lim competed for the South Korean swimming team in the men's 100 m freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Leading up to the Games, he finished outside the top-eight final time in 50.82 to set a new national mark and register under the FINA B-cut (50.95) by 0.13 of a second at the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand. Coming from sixth at the halfway turn in heat three, Lim edged out the Uzbek swimmer Petr Romashkin by just 0.03 of a second on the final stretch to hit the wall with a fifth-place time in 51.80, almost a second off his entry mark. Lim failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fifty-fourth out of 64 swimmers in the prelims.
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Who is Lim Nam-gyun?
South Korean swimmer
When was Lim Nam-gyun born?
Lim Nam-gyun was born on 4 March 1987 in Incheon.
What is Lim Nam-gyun's occupation?
Lim Nam-gyun is a swimmer.
What nationality is Lim Nam-gyun?
Lim Nam-gyun is South Korean.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Lim Nam-gyun. https://biography.guide/lim-nam-gyun/
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