club birth_place weight height birth_date article_title strokes name
gyeongbuk middle school pohang , south korea 52 kg lb 0 on 1.60 0 on 17 january 1997 kim ga-eul
 freestyle kim ga-eul
kim ga-eul

kim ga-eul -lrb- ; born january 17 , 1997 in pohang -rrb- is a south korean swimmer , who specialized in long-distance freestyle events .
she is a finalist in the 800 m freestyle at the 2010 asian games in guangzhou .
kim qualified for the women 's 400 m freestyle , as south korea 's youngest swimmer -lrb- aged 15 -rrb- , at the 2012 summer olympics in london , by eclipsing a fina b-standard entry time of 4:15.01 from the dong-a swimming tournament in ulsan .
she challenged seven other swimmers on the second heat , including three-time olympian kristel köbrich of chile .
kim finished the race in last place by nearly 25 seconds behind singapore 's lynette lim , posting the second-slowest time of 4:43.46 .
kim failed to advance into the final , as she placed thirty-fourth overall in the preliminary heats .
