Nationality South Korea Strokes Freestyle Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) Club Sehyeon High School | Weight 53 kg (117 lb) Name Han Na-kyeong Sport Swimming | |
Born 23 June 1993 (age 30) ( 1993-06-23 ) Seoul, South Korea | ||
Han Na-Kyeong (also Han Na-Gyeong, Korean: 한 나경; born June 23, 1993 in Seoul) is a South Korean swimmer, who specialized in long-distance freestyle events. Han is a member of the swimming team at Sehyeon High School in Seoul.
Han qualified for the women's 800 m freestyle at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by eclipsing a FINA B-standard entry time of 8:50.16 from the Dong-A Swimming Championships in Ulsan. She challenged seven other swimmers on the second heat, including two-time Olympians Lynette Lim of Singapore, Khoo Cai Lin of Malaysia, and Nina Dittrich of Austria. She rounded out the field to last place by five seconds behind Lim in 8:57.26. Han failed to qualify for the final, as she placed thirty-second overall in the preliminary heats.