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Kim Hye-gyong - Wikipedia

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Kim Hye-gyong

Kim Hye-gyong at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow, Russia

Personal information

Born

9 March 1993 (age 31)
Sariwon, North Hwanghae Province, North Korea

Height

153 cm (5 ft 0 in)^[1]

Korean name

Chosŏn'gŭl

김혜경

Revised Romanization

Gim Hyegyeong

McCune–Reischauer

Kim Hyegyŏng

Sport

Country

North Korea

Sport

Athletics

Event

Marathon

Team

Pyongyang Sports Team

Coached by

Jong Myong-chol

Achievements and titles

World finals

2013: Marathon – 8th

Highest world ranking

8th (marathon, 2013)

Personal best

Marathon: 2:28:32^[2]

Medal record


	2015 Hong Kong	Marathon

Updated on 5 September 2015

Kim Hye-gyong (Korean: 김혜경; Korean pronunciation: [kim.ɦe.ɡjʌŋ] or [kim] [he.ɡjʌŋ]; born 9 March 1993) is a North Korean long-distance runner.^[2]

Marathoner Kim Hye-song is her sister. They are fraternal twins. Hye-gyong is the younger.^[1] Their mutual coach, Jong Myong-chol, describes their healthy rivalry in races and friendship as the key to their success. According to Jong, Hye-gyong has a livelier personality of the twins and trains harder.^[3] Together they train five times a week, running 25–30 km (16–19 mi) a day.^[3]

The sisters Kim, along with Kim Mi-gyong (no relation) are considered the most prominent of North Korean female marathoners today.^[4] Kim Hye-gyong represents the Pyongyang Sports Team.^[5] She has a brother, a marathoner representing the April 25 Sports Team.^[6]

Career

Kim is from Sariwon, North Hwanghae Province.^[4] Already physically active in kindergarten,^[6] she and her sister started running in middle-school at the age of 14. They were proven good runners and Kim won many competitions.^[4]^[6] Kim's ability to maintain high speed and good composure in particular made her stand out.^[6] The sisters' father was a marathon coach at that time.^[7] Kim trained at Kumchon County Juvenile Sports School.^[6] The sisters then moved to the capital Pyongyang.^[4] Kim subsequently won events such as 5,000 m, 10,000 m and 30 km in domestic tournaments like the 2009 Jonsung Cup and the 2011 national championships.^[6]^[7]

After having won the half marathon at the 2010 Pyongyang Marathon, she was selected to represent North Korea as a part of the national team. She went on to win the 2011 half marathon and coming second at the 2012 full marathon in Pyongyang, too. These results earned North Korea a berth to the 2012 London Olympics.^[7] However, Kim was not among those who raced there.^[8]

Kim's standing of 8th at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics brought her fame in her just second ever race abroad.^[3]

Kim then took a surprise victory over many East African favorites at the 2015 Hong Kong Marathon serving as that year's Asian Marathon Championship, taking home a $65,000 prize. Sports journalist Pat Butcher considered the victory an important step toward the 2015 World Championships in Athletics, saying: "This is a huge win for North Korea. The last time a woman from North Korea won the world championships was in 1999 in Seville. Maybe this could be Kim's year".^[9]^[a] Kim started in the women's marathon at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, but did not finish the race.^[10]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
2011	2011 Summer Universiade	Shenzhen, China	—	Half marathon	DNF^[11]
2012	Pyongyang Marathon	Pyongyang, North Korea	2nd^[12]	Marathon	2:31:29^[2]
2013	Pyongyang Marathon	Pyongyang, North Korea	2nd^[12]	Marathon	2:28:32^[2]
	2013 World Championships in Athletics	Moscow, Russia	8th^[4]	Marathon	2:35:49^[2]
	Great Eastern Women's Run	Singapore	1st	Half marathon	1:15:59^[13]
2014	Pyongyang Marathon	Pyongyang, North Korea	1st^[12]	Marathon	2:27:05^[2]
2014	2014 Asian Games	Incheon, South Korea	7th^[4]	Marathon	2:36:38^[1]
2015	15th Asian Marathon Championship	Hong Kong	1st	Marathon	2:31:46^[4]
2015	2015 World Championships in Athletics	Beijing, China	—	Marathon	DNF^[10]

Notes and references

^ The last and only time North Korea has won a medal at the World Championships in Athletics was Jong Song-ok's women's marathon gold at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain.^[4]