Ham Bong-sil

{{short description|North Korean long-distance runner}}

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{{Infobox Korean name

| hangul = 함봉실

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| rr = Ham Bongsil

| mr = Ham Pongsil

| context = north

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{{MedalSport|Women's athletics}}

{{MedalCountry|{{PRK}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2002 Colombo|5000 m}}

{{MedalGold|2002 Colombo|10,000 m}}

{{MedalBronze|2005 Incheon|10,000 m}}

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Ham Pong-sil (born 24 July 1974) is a North Korean long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon race.

She is a three-time Pyongyang Marathon winner (2002, 2003, 2005).[http://marathoninfo.free.fr/historique/pyongyang.htm Marathoninfo - List of Pyongyang Marathon winners]

After the Paris World Championships in 2003, she was appointed to a post in charge of track and field coaching in North Korea. She trained O Song Mi, among others.{{Cite web | title = The One-time Athlete | author = | work = Uriminzokkiri | date = 19 May 2015 | accessdate = 23 May 2015 | url = http://www.uriminzokkiri.com/index.php?ptype=english&no=11001 | archive-date = 19 May 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150519100323/http://www.uriminzokkiri.com/index.php?ptype=english&no=11001 | url-status = dead }}

Achievements

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colspan="6"|Representing {{PRK}}
2000

|Olympic Games

|Sydney, Australia

|8th

|Marathon

|2:27:07

rowspan=2|2001

|Pyongyang Marathon

|Pyongyang, North Korea

|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|Marathon

|2:29:44

Universiade

|Beijing, China

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Half marathon

|1:15:24

rowspan=4|2002

|Pyongyang Marathon

|Pyongyang, North Korea

|bgcolor="gold" |1st

|Marathon

|2:26:23

rowspan=2|Asian Championships

|rowspan=2|Colombo, Sri Lanka

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|5000 m

|15:42.88

bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|10,000 m

|34:44.92

Asian Games

|Busan, South Korea

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Marathon

|2:33:35

rowspan=2|2003

|Pyongyang Marathon

|Pyongyang, North Korea

|bgcolor="gold" |1st

|Marathon

|2:27:48

World Championships

|Paris, France

|5th

|Marathon

|2:25:31 = PB

2004

|Olympic Games

|Athens, Greece

|—

|Marathon

|DNF

rowspan=2|2005

|Pyongyang Marathon

|Pyongyang, North Korea

|bgcolor="gold" |1st

|Marathon

|2:31:46

Asian Championships

|Incheon, South Korea

|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

|10,000 m

|34:35.30

=Personal bests=

  • 5000 metres - 15:37.5 min (2002) - national record.[http://www.athlerecords.net/Records/ASIE/PLEINAIR/RECNORKOREA.txt North Korean athletics records] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021225100235/http://www.athlerecords.net/Records/ASIE/PLEINAIR/RECNORKOREA.txt |date=December 25, 2002 }}
  • 10,000 metres - 34:35.30 min (2005)
  • Half marathon - 1:12:47 hrs (2003)
  • Marathon - 2:25:31 hrs (2003) - national record.

References