Kim Ji-heun (also ''Kim Ji-hyeon'', ; born September 10, 1989) is a South Korean swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events. He represented his nation

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at the

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, and also claimed a silver medal as a member of the 4×100 m medley relay team at the

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. Kim competed for the South Korean swimming team in the men's 200 m backstroke at the

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. Leading up to the Games, he topped the field with a solid 2:02.13 to register under the FINA B-cut (2:03.90) at the Jeju Halla National Cup in

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. Pulling from the near bottom of the pack at the 150-metre turn in heat three, Kim put up a late resistant surge on the final stretch to hit the wall with a fifth-place time and his new personal best in 2:00.72. Kim failed to advance to the semifinals, as he placed twenty-sixth out of 42 swimmers in the preliminary heats. On May 13, 2014, Kim received a two-year suspension from the Korean Swimming Federation and Korea Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel, after he was tested positive for the

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NBC Olympics Profile
1989 births Living people South Korean male backstroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for South Korea Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2010 Asian Games Swimmers from Seoul Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games 21st-century South Korean sportsmen Asian Games silver medalists in swimming {{SouthKorea-swimming-bio-stub