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Feb 03, 1979 Seoul, South Korea 45 years old
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About Kim Min Suk Swimmer
- Kim Min-suk (also Kim Min-seok, Korean: ???; born February 3, 1979) is a retired South Korean swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle and backstroke events.
- He is a two-time Olympian (1996 and 2000), and a double medalist at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan.Kim made his official debut, as a 17-year-old, at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
- He failed to reach the top 16 final in the 100 m backstroke, finishing in thirty-ninth place with a time of 58.43.
- He also placed fifteenth as a member of the South Korean team in the 4×200 m freestyle relay (7:45.98), and seventeenth in the 4×100 m medley relay (3:50.84).At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Kim decided to experiment with the sprint freestyle, competing only in two swimming events.
- He posted FINA B-standards of 22.99 (50 m freestyle) and 51.14 (100 m freestyle) from the Dong-A Swimming Tournament in Ulsan.
- In the 100 m freestyle, Kim placed twenty-fourth on the morning's prelims.
- Swimming in heat six, he picked up a second spot by 0.21 of a second behind winner Peter Mankoc of Slovenia in a lifetime best of 50.49.
- Two days later, in the 50 m freestyle, Kim missed the semifinals by a small fraction of 0.02 seconds, finishing a tie with China's Jiang Chengji in a South Korean record of 22.82.When his nation hosted the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, Kim won a total of two medals, one gold and one bronze.
- In the 50 m freestyle, Kim was delighted and overwhelmed by the home crowd, as he shared a gold medal with Uzbekistan's Ravil Nachaev in a matching time of 22.86, just 0.04 seconds outside his record from Sydney two years before.
- He also captured a bronze, along with his teammates Sung Min, Han Kyu-Chul, and Ko Yun-Ho, in the 4×100 m freestyle relay (3:23.58).
