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South Korean swimmer (born 1982)
Joe Kyong-fan
Personal information
Full nameJoe Kyong-fan
National team South Korea
Born (1982-05-11) 11 May 1982 (age 42)
Seoul, South Korea
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
In this Korean name, the family name is Jo.

Joe Kyong-fan (also Jo Gyeong-Hwan, Korean: 조경환; born May 11, 1982) is a South Korean former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. Joe competed in a breaststroke double at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He achieved FINA B-standards of 1:05.00 (100 m breaststroke) and 2:20.20 (200 m breaststroke) from the Dong-A Swimming Tournament in Ulsan. In the 100 m breaststroke, held on the first day of the Games, Joe challenged seven other swimmers in heat four, including two-time Olympians Valērijs Kalmikovs of Latvia and Arsenio López of Puerto Rico. He earned a fifth spot and forty-fifth overall by almost seven-tenths of a second (0.70) behind joint winners Kalmikovs and Lopez in 1:04.71, worthy enough for a personal best. Three days later, in the 200 m breaststroke, Joe placed twenty-ninth on the morning prelims. He set a new South Korean record of 2:19.16 to overhaul a 2:20 barrier and to touch the wall first in heat three.

References

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