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Park Seon-kwan
Park Seon-Kwan (also Park Seon-Gwan, Korean: 박선관; born January 16, 1991, in Gyeonggi-do) is a South Korean swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events.[1][2] He won a bronze medal, as a member of the South Korean swimming team, in the 400 m freestyle relay at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. He also collected two silver medals in the 100 and 200 m backstroke at the 2009 East Asian Games in Hong Kong, China.[3][4] Park is a member of the swimming team at Korea National Sports University in Seoul.[1] Park qualified for the men's 100 m backstroke at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 55.39 at the FINA World Championships in Shanghai, China.[5][6] He challenged seven other swimmers in the second heat, including Olympic veterans Omar Pinzón of Colombia and former bronze medalist George Bovell of Trinidad and Tobago. Park edged out Russian-born swimmer Alexandr Tarabrin of Kazakhstan to take a fifth spot by four hundredths of a second (0.04), with a time of 55.51 seconds. Park failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed thirty-sixth overall in the preliminary heats.[7] References
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