Kim Woo-min explained

Kim Woo-min
Nationality:South Korean
Birth Date:24 August 2001
Birth Place:Busan, South Korea
Country:South Korea
Sport:Swimming
Event:Freestyle relay
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Hangul:김우민
Rr:Gim U-min
Mr:Kim Umin

Kim Woo-min (; born August 24, 2001) is a South Korean swimmer. He is the 2024 Summer Olympics bronze medalist in the Men's 400m Freestyle.

Career

In July 2021, he represented South Korea at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[1] [2] He competed in 4 × 200m freestyle relay event. The team did not advance to compete in the final.[3] [4]

Kim made a mark in 2024 when he won the 400m freestyle with a time of 3:42.71 to become the second Korean to win the event after Park Tae-hwan won it twice in 2007 and 2011.[5]

Results

All results
EventTime MeetDateNote
Men's 1500m Freestyle15:58.20Korean National Trials 201712 May 2017
Men's 1500m Freestyle 15:50.04 21 October 2017
Men's 400m Freestyle 4:08.86 24 October 2017
Men's 800m Freestyle8:09.96Korean National Trials 27 April 2018
Men's 1500m Freestyle 15:32.61 Korean National Trials 27 April 2018
Men's 800m Freestyle 8:11.56MBC Cup Swimming Competition 201819 July 2018
Men's 400m Freestyle 3:56.66 MBC Cup Swimming Competition 201819 July 2018
Men's 1500m Freestyle 15:34.3513 October 2018
Men's 400m Freestyle 3:55.76 16 October 2018
Men's 1500m Freestyle 15:39.18Korean National Trials #1 20191 March 2019
Men's 800m Freestyle 8:06.73Korean National Trials #1 2019 1 March 2019
Men's 800m Freestyle 8:01.21Korean National Trials #2 201918 May 2019
Men's 1500m Freestyle15:29.58Korean National Trials #2 2019 18 May 2019
Men's 800m Freestyle 8:14.4423 July 2019 Heats
Men's 1500m Freestyle 15:26.1727 July 2019 Heats
Men's 1500m Freestyle 15:27.54 5 October 2019
Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay 7:44.19 6 October 2019
Men's 400m Freestyle 3:52.76 8 October 2019
Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay 3:33.08 8 October 2019
Men's 400m Freestyle 3:59.67FINA Swimming World Cup 2019 (Russia)1 November 2019 Heats
Men's 1500m Freestyle 15:30.932 November 2019
Men's 800m Freestyle 8:01.06Korean National Trials 2020 18 November 2020
Men's 1500m Freestyle 15:30.95Korean National Trials 2020 20 November 2020
Men's 1500m Freestyle 15:14.26Korean National Trials 2021 13 May 2021
Men's 800m Freestyle 7:59.70Korean National Trials 2021 15 May 2021
Men's 200m Freestyle 1:49.62 Korean National Trials 2021 15 May 2021
Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay 7:11.45Korean National Trials 2021 17 May 2021
Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay 7;15.0327 July 2021
Men's 200m Backstroke1:55.81 FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 (Qatar)21 October 2021
Men's 100m Individual Medley55.01 FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 (Qatar)21 October 2021
Men's 1500m Freestyle 14:44.58FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 (Qatar)22 October 2021
Men's 400m Medley 4:15.99 23 October 2021 PB
Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay 3:16.4815th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) 202116 December 2021Heats, NR
Men's 4x50m Freestyle Relay1:28.5615th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) 202119 December 2021 Heats, NR
Men's 1500m Freestyle 15:06.1315th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) 202120 December 2021 Heats
Men's 1500m Freestyle 15:11.42Korean National Trials 202224 March 2022
Men's 400m Freestyle 3:48.26Korean National Trials 2022 24 March 2022
Men's 800m Freestyle 7:57.60 Korean National Trials 2022 26 March 2022
Men's 200m Freestyle 1:47.69 Korean National Trials 2022 26 March 2022
Men's 400m Freestyle 3:45.6418 June 2022
Men's 800m Freestyle 7:53.27 19th FINA World Championships Budapest 202220 June 2022 Heats
Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay 7:06.23 19th FINA World Championships Budapest 202223 June 2022
Men's 1500m Freestyle 15:08.5019th FINA World Championships Budapest 202224 June 2022 Heats
Men's 1500m Freestyle 14:54.25 103th Korean National Sports Festival8 October 2022
Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay 7:15.00 103th Korean National Sports Festival9 October 2022
Men's 400m Freestyle 3:45.65 103th Korean National Sports Festival11 October 2022
Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay 3:15.39 103th Korean National Sports Festival11 October 2022
Men's 1500m Freestyle 14:45.3513 December 2022
Men's 400m Freestyle 3:38.8615 December 2022 Heats
Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay 6:49.6716 December 2022 PB
Men's 800m Freestyle 7:45.2917 December 2022
Men's 1500m Freestyle 15:02.96 Korean National Trials 2023 25 March 2023
Men's 800m Freestyle 7:52.62 Korean National Trials 2023 27 March 2023
Men's 200m Freestyle 1:46.10Korean National Trials 2023 28 March 2023
Men's 400m Freestyle 3:45.59 Korean National Trials 2023 29 March 2023
Men's 400m Freestyle 3:43.92 23 July 2023
Men's 800m Freestyle 7:47.69 25 July 2023 Heats
Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay 7:04.07 28 July 2023
Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay 7:01.73 25 September 2023
Men's 1500m Freestyle 15:01.07 26 September 2023
Men's 800m Freestyle 7:46.03 28 September 2023
Men's 400m Freestyle 3:44.36 29 September 2023
Men's 1500m Freestyle 15:15.75 104th Korean National Sports Festival14 October 2023
Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay 7:18.42 104th Korean National Sports Festival15 October 2023
Men's 400m Freestyle 3:46.07 104th Korean National Sports Festival17 October 2023
Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay 3:15.94 104th Korean National Sports Festival17 October 2023
Men's 800m Freestyle 7:52.84 2024 Korean Trials 25 November 2023
Men's 200m Freestyle 1:46.06 2024 Korean Trials 27 November 2023
Men's 400m Freestyle 3:45.262024 Korean Trials 27 November 2023
Men's 400m Freestyle 3:42.71 11 February 2024
Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay 7:01.9416 February 2024
Men's 1500m Freestyle 14:58.03 KB Korean Swimming Championships 2024 22 March 2024
Men's 100m Freestyle 49.40 KB Korean Swimming Championships 2024 23 March 2024
Men's 200m Freestyle 1:45.68 KB Korean Swimming Championships 2024 25 March 2024
Men's 400m Freestyle 3:43.69 KB Korean Swimming Championships 2024 26 March 2024
Men's 400m Freestyle 3:45.12 2024 Australia Championships 17 April 2024
Men's 200m Freestyle 1:46.83 2024 Australia Championships 18 April 2024
Men's 800m Freestyle 7:49.69 2024 Australia Championships 19 April 2024
Men's 100m Freestyle 49.86 2024 Australia Championships 20 April 2024 Heats
Men's 400m Freestyle 3:44.81Mare Nostrum Swim Tour 2024 (Barcelona) 30 May 2024
Men's 400m Freestyle 3:42.42Mare Nostrum Swim Tour 2024 (Monaco) 1 June 2024
3:42.50 27 July 2024 finals
Men's 200m Freestyle1:46.5828 July 2024 semi-finals
Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay7:07.2630 July 2024 heats

Key: AS = Asian Record; NR = National Record; GR= Asian Games Record

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 강원도청 김우민 생애 첫 올림픽 물살 가른다. Gangwon Provincial Office Kim Woo-min's first Olympic Games wave. Naver. Gangwon Ilbo. ko. Kim. Ji-won. June 9, 2021. July 28, 2021. July 28, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210728005808/https://news.naver.com/main/read.naver?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=102&oid=087&aid=0000847133. live.
  2. Web site: 코로나19 악재 속에서도 멈추지 않은 한국 수영[스포츠토토-SS 공동기획①]]. Korean swimming does not stop despite the bad news of Corona 19 [Sports Toto-SS joint project ①]. Naver. Sports Seoul. ko. Yoon. Se-ho. June 30, 2021. July 28, 2021. July 28, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210728005838/https://sports.news.naver.com/news.nhn?oid=468&aid=0000776672. live.
  3. Web site: Men's 4 × 200m Freestyle Heats Results Summary – Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Olympics.com. July 27, 2021. July 30, 2021. July 27, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210727112925/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/SWM/OG2020-_SWM_C74B_SWMM4X200MFR----------HEAT--------.pdf. live.
  4. Web site: KIM Woomin. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. https://web.archive.org/web/20210730075035/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/swimming/athlete-profile-n1346111-kim-woomin.htm. July 30, 2021. live.
  5. Web site: Men's 400m Freestyle Finals Results – 2024 World Aquatics Championships. 16 Feb 2024.