Hem Kiry

Hem Kiry
Personal information
Nationality  Cambodia
Born 11 April 1980
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle

Hem Kiry (born April 11, 1980 in Phnom Penh) is a retired Cambodian 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]

References

  1. ↑ "Hem Kiry". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  2. ↑ "Sorn Davin named as Cambodian flagbearer for Olympic Games Opening Ceremony". The Phnom Penh Post. 26 July 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "IOC Latest News: Flag Bearers for the Opening Ceremony". Olympics. 13 August 2004. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "Pool masters look for personal bests". The Phnom Penh Post. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 103. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  6. ↑ "Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 3)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  7. ↑ "Men's 50m Freestyle Heat 3". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 20 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  8. ↑ Thomas, Stephen (19 August 2004). "Men’s 50 Freestyle Prelims Day 6: Hall Splashes a Hot 22.04, Fastest Qualifier; Lezak Makes This One but Popov, Hoogie Bow Out". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 19 April 2013.

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