Han Kyu-chul

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Han Kyu-chul
Personal information
Full nameHan Kyu-chul
National team 
butterfly, medley
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing South Korea
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Busan 400 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Busan 1500 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Busan
4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Busan
4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Doha 200 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Doha 400 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Doha
4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Doha
4×200 m freestyle
In this
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Han Kyu-chul (also Han Gyu-cheol, Korean: 한 규철; born December 24, 1981) is a South Korean former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle, butterfly, and individual medley events.[1] He is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004), and an eight-time bronze medalist at the Asian Games (2002 and 2006).

Han made his first South Korean team, as an eighteen-year-old junior, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. There, he failed to reach the semifinals in any of his individual events, finishing nineteenth in the 200 m butterfly (1:59.85), and thirty-third in the 200 m individual medley (2:06.42).[2][3][4]

When

Cho Sung-Mo by giving the Koreans a 2–3 finish in the 1500 m freestyle, earning him a bronze in 15:22.38.[5][6]

At the

Barcelona, Spain.[7][8] He challenged seven other swimmers in heat five, including three-time Olympian Jacob Carstensen of Denmark. Han rounded out the field to last place by two hundredths of a second (0.02) behind Hungary's Tamás Szűcs, outside his entry time of 1:52.28. Han failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed thirty-third overall in the preliminaries.[9][10]

At the

Park Tae-Hwan, to defend their medals from Busan in the 400 and 800 m freestyle relays.[6][11][12]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Han Kyu-chul". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  2. Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation
    . p. 218. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  3. Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation
    . p. 308. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  4. ^ "[올림픽/수영]한국수영 '희망' 한규철 예선 탈락" [Olympic Games: Korea's swimming hopeful Han Kyu-chul eliminated] (in Korean). The Dong-a Ilbo. 18 September 2000. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  5. Swimming World Magazine. 4 October 2002. Archived from the original
    on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  6. ^ a b "동메달만 11개… 안타까운 '인어왕자'" ["Mermaid prince" ends his career with a bronze] (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo. 8 December 2006. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  7. Athens 2004
    . Omega Timing. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  8. ^ "2003 FINA World Championships (Barcelona, Spain) – Men's 200m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  9. Athens 2004. BBC Sport
    . 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  10. Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original
    on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
  11. ^ "Sano of Japan takes men's 200m IM at Asiad". Xinhua News Agency. People's Daily. 7 December 2006. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  12. ^ "Asian Games: China's swimmers stun in Qatar". Taipei Times. 4 December 2006. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
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