Kim Hye-song (runner)

Kim Hye-song
	Kim Hye-song 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)
Sport
Country	North Korea
Sport	Athletics
Event	Marathon
Team	Pyongyang Sports Team
Coached by	Jong Myong-chol
Achievements and titles
World finals	2013: Marathon – 14th; 2015: Marathon – 9th;
Highest world ranking	9th (marathon, 2015)
Personal bests	10,000 m: 33:59.20 (2012); Marathon: 2:27:58 (2014);
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl	김혜성
Revised Romanization	Gim Hyeseong
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Hyesŏng
	Updated on 5 September 2015

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

Marathoner Kim Hye-gyong is her sister. They are fraternal twins. Hye-song is the eldest of the two.^[1] According to their coach, Jong Myong-chol, Hye-song is more conservative and quiet than her sister. The coach considers their healthy rivalry in races and friendship a key to their success.^[3]

Kim represents the Pyongyang Sports Team.^[4] Together she and her sister 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.^[5]

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^ ^a ^b "IAAF: Athlete profile for Hye-Song Kim". iaaf.org. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
^ ^a ^b "N. Koreans out to impress". The Straits Times. AsiaOne. 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Twin Sisters, Talented Marathoners of DPRK". Korean Central News Agency. 20 April 2015. Archived from the original on 3 July 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
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[iaaf_IAAFa-2] "IAAF: Athlete profile for Hye-Song Kim". iaaf.org. Retrieved 23 August 2015.

[news_N.Ko-3] "N. Koreans out to impress". The Straits Times. AsiaOne. 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}

[web._-4] "Twin Sisters, Talented Marathoners of DPRK". Korean Central News Agency. 20 April 2015. Archived from the original on 3 July 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.

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Personal information
Kim Hye-song at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow, Russia
Born	(1993-03-09) 9 March 1993 (age 31) Sariwon, North Hwanghae Province, North Korea
Height	153 cm (5 ft 0 in)^[1]
Sport
Country	North Korea
Sport	Athletics
Event	Marathon
Team	Pyongyang Sports Team
Coached by	Jong Myong-chol
Achievements and titles
World finals	2013: Marathon – 14th 2015: Marathon – 9th
Highest world ranking	9th (marathon, 2015)
Personal bests	10,000 m: 33:59.20 (2012) Marathon: 2:27:58 (2014) ^[2]

Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl	김혜성
Revised Romanization	Gim Hyeseong
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Hyesŏng

Updated on 5 September 2015