Kim Hye-jin (swimmer)

{{Short description|South Korean swimmer (born 1994)}}

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| name = Kim Hye-Jin

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| nationality = {{KOR}}

| strokes = Breaststroke

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|5|3|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea

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| height = {{height|m=1.67|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|62|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

| medaltemplates={{MedalCompetition | Asian Games}}

{{MedalSilver| 2022 Hangzhou | 4×100 m medley relay }}

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| hangul = 김혜진

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| rr = Gim Hyejin

| mr = Kim Hyejin

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{{family name hatnote|Kim||lang=Korean}}

Kim Hye-Jin (born May 3, 1994, in Chungcheongnam-do) is a South Korean swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.{{cite web|title=Kim Hye-Jin|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/kim-hyejin-1099679/|publisher=London 2012|accessdate=3 April 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520172246/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/kim-hyejin-1099679/|archivedate=20 May 2013}}{{cite sports-reference|title = Kim Hye-Jin|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ki/kim-hye-jin-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417234423/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ki/kim-hye-jin-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 17 April 2020|access-date = 3 April 2013}} Kim qualified for the women's 100 m breaststroke at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by eclipsing a FINA B-standard entry time of 1:08.80 from the Dong-A Swimming Tournament in Ulsan.{{cite news|title=Qualifying Athletes – Women's 100 m breaststroke |url=http://www.fina.org/H2O/docs/events/london2012/sw/qual_lists/women_100breast.pdf |publisher=FINA |accessdate=3 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121116064550/http://www.fina.org/H2O/docs/events/london2012/sw/qual_lists/women_100breast.pdf |archivedate=16 November 2012 }} She challenged seven other swimmers on the third heat, including three-time Olympian Alia Atkinson of Jamaica. Kim raced to seventh place by 0.36 of a second behind Turkey's Dilara Buse Günaydın, outside her entry time of 1:09.79. Kim failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed thirty-third overall in the preliminary heats.{{cite web|title=Women's 100m Breaststroke Heat 3|url=http://www.london2012.com/swimming/event/women-100m-breaststroke/phase=sww031900/index.html|publisher=London 2012|accessdate=3 April 2013|archive-date=4 December 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121204174624/www.london2012.com/swimming/event/women-100m-breaststroke/phase=sww031900/index.html|url-status=dead}}