Nationality South Korea Role Swimmer Sport Swimming Height 1.72 m | Strokes Backstroke Weight 59 kg Name Ham Chan-mi | |
Born 2 May 1994 (age 29) ( 1994-05-02 ) Gangwon-do, South Korea Club Bukwon Women's High School | ||
Ham Chan-Mi (Korean: 함 찬미; born May 2, 1994 in Gangwon-do) is a South Korean swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events. Ham is a two-time finalist in both 100 and 200 m backstroke at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.
Ham qualified for the women's 200 m backstroke at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by eclipsing a FINA B-standard entry time of 2:14.88 from the FINA World Championships in Shanghai, China. Ham challenged four other swimmers on the first heat, including two-time Olympian Carolina Colorado of Colombia. She raced to third place by more than a second behind Colorado, outside her entry time of 2:15.30. Ham failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed thirty-first overall in the preliminary heats.
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