Kim Hye-song
Kim Hye-song running
Kim Hye-song at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow, Russia
Personal information
Born (1993-03-09) 9 March 1993
Sariwon, North Hwanghae Province, North Korea
Height153 cm (5 ft 0 in)[1]
Sport
Country North Korea
SportAthletics
EventMarathon
TeamPyongyang Sports Team
Coached byJong Myong-chol
Achievements and titles
World finals
  • 2013: Marathon – 14th
  • 2015: Marathon – 9th
Highest world ranking9th (marathon, 2015)
Personal bests
  • 10,000 m: 33:59.20 (2012)
  • Marathon: 2:27:58 (2014)
[2]
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl
김혜성
Revised RomanizationGim Hyeseong
McCune–ReischauerKim Hyesŏng
Updated on 5 September 2015.

Kim Hye-song (Korean: 김혜성; Korean pronunciation: [kim.ɦe.sʌŋ] or [kim] [he.sʌŋ]; 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 (16–19 mi) 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

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
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

  1. 1 2 3 Kim Han-joo (2 October 2014). "(Asiad) N. Korean twin runners compete in women's marathon". english.yonhapnews.co.kr. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "IAAF: Athlete profile for Hye-Song Kim". iaaf.org. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  3. 1 2 "N. Koreans out to impress". The Straits Times. AsiaOne. 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Twin Sisters, Talented Marathoners of DPRK". KCNA. 20 April 2015. Archived from the original on 3 July 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "IAAF: Kim Hye Gyong surprises with Hong Kong Marathon win". iaaf.org. 25 January 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  6. 1 2 Choe Chol Nam (14 March 2015). "First gold medallist of the year". The Pyongyang Times. Naenara. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  7. ↑ Kang Su Jong (2014). "Twin Marathoners" (PDF). Korea Pictorial. Foreign Languages Publishing House. 703 (7): 34. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  8. 1 2 "Results / Marathon Women - Final". iaafbeijing2015.com. 30 August 2015. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  9. ↑ "2013 Mangyongdae Prize Marathon - info/results - 04/14/13" (PDF). RunnerSpace.com. 14 April 2013. p. 3. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  10. ↑ Chen, May (10 November 2013). "North Korean twin sisters take top two spots at Great Eastern Women's Run 2013". The Straits Times. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  11. ↑ Minshull, Phil (13 April 2014). "IAAF: Chol and Gyong take the honours in Pyongyang". iaaf.org. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
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