Park Seon-kwan

Park Seon-kwan
Personal information
Nationality South Korea
Born (1991-01-16) January 16, 1991
Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Korean name
Hangul
박선관
RRBak Seongwan
MRPak Sŏn'gwan
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, backstroke
College teamKorea National Sports University
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  South Korea
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place2010 Guangzhou4×100 m freestyle
East Asian Games
Silver medal – second place2009 Hong Kong100 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place2009 Hong Kong200 m backstroke

Park Seon-kwan (Korean: 박선관; born January 16, 1991, in Gyeonggi-do) is a South Korean swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events.[1][2] He won a bronze medal, as a member of the South Korean swimming team, in the 400 m freestyle relay at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. He also collected two silver medals in the 100 and 200 m backstroke at the 2009 East Asian Games in Hong Kong, China.[3][4] Park is a member of the swimming team at Korea National Sports University in Seoul.[1]

Park qualified for the men's 100 m backstroke at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 55.39 at the FINA World Championships in Shanghai, China.[5][6] He challenged seven other swimmers in the second heat, including Olympic veterans Omar Pinzón of Colombia and former bronze medalist George Bovell of Trinidad and Tobago. Park edged out Russian-born swimmer Alexandr Tarabrin of Kazakhstan to take a fifth spot by four hundredths of a second (0.04), with a time of 55.51 seconds. Park failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed thirty-sixth overall in the preliminary heats.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Park Seonkwan". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Park Seon-Gwan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "Ryosuke Irie of Japan wins men's 100m backstroke title at EAG". Sina Corp. 9 December 2009. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "East Asian Games: Takuro Fujii Doubles After Asian Record Yesterday". Swimming World Magazine. 9 December 2009. Archived from the original on 25 June 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "Qualifying Athletes – Men's 100 m backstroke" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  6. ↑ "2011 FINA World Championships (Shanghai, China) – Men's 100m Backstroke Heats" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  7. ↑ "Men's 100m Backstroke Heat 2". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 9 February 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
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