Ham Chan-mi (; born May 2, 1994, in Gangwon Province) is a South Korean swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events. Ham is a two-time finalist in both 100 and 200 m backstroke at the

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. Ham qualified for the women's 200 m backstroke at the

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, by eclipsing a FINA B-standard entry time of 2:14.88 from the

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. Ham challenged four other swimmers on the first heat, including two-time Olympian Carolina Colorado of Colombia. She raced to third place by more than a second behind Colorado, outside her entry time of 2:15.30. Ham failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed thirty-first overall in the preliminary heats.

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NBC Olympics Profile
1994 births Living people South Korean female backstroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for South Korea Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2010 Asian Games Sportspeople from Gangwon Province, South Korea Asian Games swimmers for South Korea 21st-century South Korean sportswomen {{SouthKorea-swimming-bio-stub