Hem Kiry
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Full name | Hem Kiry |
National team | ![]() |
Born | Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
11 April 1980
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Freestyle |
Hem Kiry (born April 11, 1980) is a Cambodian former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] He is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004), and served twice as Cambodia's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.[2][3] He also held a Cambodian record of 26.48 in the 50 m freestyle from the Southeast Asian Games.[4] Hem is currently working as a swimming coach for the Cambodia national team.
Hem made his official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he competed in the men's 50 m freestyle. Swimming in heat two, he posted a lifetime best of 26.41 to earn a fifth spot and sixty-sixth overall by a 1.08-second margin behind winner Jamie Peterkin of Saint Lucia.[5]
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Hem swam for the second time in the 50 m freestyle. As part of an Olympic Solidarity program, he received a Universality place from FINA in an entry time of 27.56.[6] He challenged seven other swimmers in heat three, including 16-year-old Chris Hackel of Mauritius. He edged out Libya's Khaled Ghezzawi to take another fifth spot by six hundredths of a second in 27.49. Hem failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed seventieth overall out of 86 swimmers in the preliminaries.[7][8]
He is a son of Hem Thon (1943–2015), who was also a swimmer.[9] His siblings, sister Hem Raksmey[10] and brother Hem Thon Ponloeu are also swimmers.[11]
References
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External links
- Profile – ICECP (International Coaching Enrichment Certificate Program)
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- 1980 births
- Living people
- Cambodian swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of Cambodia
- Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Male freestyle swimmers
- People from Phnom Penh
- Swimmers at the 2002 Asian Games
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