Kim Seung-won

Kim Seung-won
Personal information
NationalitySouth Korean
Born (2010-01-01) January 1, 2010 (age 16)
South Korea
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke
Medal record
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place2026 Aichi–Nagoya50 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place2026 Aichi–Nagoya100 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place2026 Aichi–Nagoya4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place2026 Aichi–Nagoya4×100 m mixed medley
Youth Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2026 Dakar50 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place2026 Dakar100 m backstroke
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place2025 Otopeni100 m backstroke

Kim Seung-won (Korean: 김승원; born 1 January 2010) is a South Korean swimmer who specializes in backstroke. She competed in the 2026 Asian Games, where she won four bronze medals, and 2026 Summer Youth Olympics, where she won two silver medals.

Early life

Kim Seung-won was born on January 1, 2010. In 2018, while attending a water safety lesson, she was encouraged by a teacher to take up swimming. As of 2026, she was attending Gyeonggi Physical Education High School.

Swimming career

Kim was first called up to the South Korea national team in 2023. In February 2024, Kim competed at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar, where she competed in the women's 50 metre and 200 metre backstroke. In December 2024, she also competed at the World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m) in Budapest, Hungary.

From July to August 2025, Kim competed at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, where she reached the semifinals in the 100 metre and 50 metre backstroke. In August 2025, she competed at the World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships in Otopeni, where she won the silver medal in the 50 m backstroke.

In September 2026, at the Asian Games held in Tokyo, Japan, Kim won the bronze medal in the 50 m and 100 m backstroke. She also won the bronze medal in the mixed and women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay.

In November 2026, Kim competed at the Summer Youth Olympics in Dakar, Senegal and won the silver medal in the 100 m and 50 m backstroke.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Dakar 2026: Meet Kim Seung-won, the 16-year-old swimming star chasing Youth Olympic Games gold and dreaming of LA28". Olympics.com. 30 October 2026.
  2. ↑ "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 14 February 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 February 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  3. ↑ "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 16 February 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 February 2024. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  4. ↑ "Semifinals results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 28 July 2025.
  5. ↑ "Semifinals results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 30 July 2025.
  6. ↑ "Women's 50m Backstroke Final" (PDF).
  7. ↑ "Kim Seung-won takes bronze in women's 100m backstroke". The Korea Times. 23 September 2026.
  8. ↑ "Kim Seung-won Wins Second Asian Games Bronze in 100m Backstroke". The Chosun Ilbo. 23 September 2026.
  9. ↑ "Asian Games, Day Four Finals: Zhang Zhanshuo Rips Asian Record in 200 Freestyle; 13-Year-Old Yu Zidi Makes History". swimmingworld. 23 September 2026. Retrieved 23 September 2026.
  10. ↑ "S. Korea wins 3 medals on last day of swimming". The Korea Times. 25 September 2026.
  11. ↑ "Cecilia Dieleke sumó su segunda medalla en Dakar 2026" (in Spanish). Comité Olímpico Argentino. 3 November 2026. Retrieved 4 November 2026.
  12. ↑ "Cecilia Dieleke gana una histórica tercera medalla en Dakar 2026: la atleta argentina más laureada de los Juegos Olímpicos de la Juventud" (in Spanish). Olympics.com. 5 November 2026.