Kim Ji-heun, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Kim Ji-heun

Olympic swimmer

Date of Birth: 10-Sep-1989

Place of Birth: Seoul, South Korea

Profession: swimmer

Nationality: South Korea

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Kim Ji-heun (also Kim Ji-hyeon, Korean: ???; born September 10, 1989) is a South Korean swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events.
He represented his nation South Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and also claimed a silver medal as a member of the 4×100 m medley relay team at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. Kim competed for the South Korean swimming team in the men's 200 m backstroke at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
Leading up to the Games, he topped the field with a solid 2:02.13 to register under the FINA B-cut (2:03.90) at the Jeju Halla National Cup in Jeju City.
Pulling from the near bottom of the pack at the 150-metre turn in heat three, Kim put up a late resistant surge on the final stretch to hit the wall with a fifth-place time and his new personal best in 2:00.72.
Kim failed to advance to the semifinals, as he placed twenty-sixth out of 42 swimmers in the preliminary heats.On May 13, 2014, Kim received a two-year suspension from the Korean Swimming Federation and Korea Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel, after he was tested positive for the clenbuterol.