Kang Yeong-seo

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Kang Yeong-seo

i suspect that this "X (also Y)" is a way to provide RR (or near-RR) spelling; using Infobox Korean name instead

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{{family name hatnote|[[Kang (Korean name)|Kang]]||lang=Korean}}
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'''Kang Yeong-seo''' (also ''Gang Yeong-seo'', {{Korean|hangul=강영서}}; born April 16, 1994) is a South Korean swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events.{{cite sports-reference|title = Kang Yeong-Seo|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/gang-yeong-seo-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417101215/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/gang-yeong-seo-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 17 April 2020|access-date = 18 January 2013}} Kang became one the youngest ever swimmers in history (aged 14) to be selected to the South Korean team at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]], finishing among the top thirty in the distance dorsal.{{cite news|title=배영 200m 출전 대표팀 막내 14세 강영서 "태환 오빠, 조언 안 해줘요"|trans-title=200 m backstroke Kang Yeong-seo makes her appearance as the youngest member of the national swimming team (aged 14), "My brother Jung advised me to change form"|language=ko|url=http://news.joins.com/article/3225136|publisher=[[JoongAng Ilbo]]|date=15 July 2008|accessdate=22 April 2016}}
'''Kang Yeong-seo''' ({{Korean|hangul=강영서}}; born April 16, 1994) is a South Korean swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events.{{cite sports-reference|title = Kang Yeong-Seo|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/gang-yeong-seo-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417101215/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/gang-yeong-seo-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 17 April 2020|access-date = 18 January 2013}} Kang became one the youngest ever swimmers in history (aged 14) to be selected to the South Korean team at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]], finishing among the top thirty in the distance dorsal.{{cite news|title=배영 200m 출전 대표팀 막내 14세 강영서 "태환 오빠, 조언 안 해줘요"|trans-title=200 m backstroke Kang Yeong-seo makes her appearance as the youngest member of the national swimming team (aged 14), "My brother Jung advised me to change form"|language=ko|url=http://news.joins.com/article/3225136|publisher=[[JoongAng Ilbo]]|date=15 July 2008|accessdate=22 April 2016}}


Kang competed for the South Korean swimming team in the [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke|women's 200 m backstroke]] at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]]. Leading up to the Games, she blasted the field with a remarkable 2:17.10 to earn her selection to the nation's Olympic team and register under the FINA B-cut (2:17.40) by exactly 0.3 of a second at the Dong-A Swimming Championships in [[Ulsan]].{{cite web|title=Olympic Cut Sheet – Women's 100m Backstroke|url=http://magazines.swimmingworld.com:9997/SPIPDF/080508olyscutsheet.pdf|page=67|publisher=[[Swimming World Magazine]]|accessdate=10 April 2013}} Kang touched out the hard-charging Guatemalan swimmer [[Gisela Morales]] at the wall by the smallest of margins (0.02) to win the opening heat, posting a new personal best of 2:14.52. Despite her impressive swim from the prelims, Kang fell short of the semifinal field with a twenty-sixth overall position.{{cite web|title=Women's 200m Backstroke Heat 1 |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc=SWW042900/index.html |work=[[Beijing 2008]] |publisher=[[NBC Olympics]] |accessdate=18 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821062401/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSWW042900/index.html |archivedate=21 August 2012 }}{{cite news|title=수영 강영서, 배영 200m 예선 탈락|trans-title=Swimming: Kang Yeong-seo is eliminated from the prelims|language=ko|url=http://www.hankyung.com/news/app/newsview.php?aid=2008081487068|publisher=[[Korea Economic Daily]]|date=14 August 2008|accessdate=22 April 2016|archive-date=2 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602230026/http://www.hankyung.com/news/app/newsview.php?aid=2008081487068|url-status=dead}}
Kang competed for the South Korean swimming team in the [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke|women's 200 m backstroke]] at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]]. Leading up to the Games, she blasted the field with a remarkable 2:17.10 to earn her selection to the nation's Olympic team and register under the FINA B-cut (2:17.40) by exactly 0.3 of a second at the Dong-A Swimming Championships in [[Ulsan]].{{cite web|title=Olympic Cut Sheet – Women's 100m Backstroke|url=http://magazines.swimmingworld.com:9997/SPIPDF/080508olyscutsheet.pdf|page=67|publisher=[[Swimming World Magazine]]|accessdate=10 April 2013}} Kang touched out the hard-charging Guatemalan swimmer [[Gisela Morales]] at the wall by the smallest of margins (0.02) to win the opening heat, posting a new personal best of 2:14.52. Despite her impressive swim from the prelims, Kang fell short of the semifinal field with a twenty-sixth overall position.{{cite web|title=Women's 200m Backstroke Heat 1 |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc=SWW042900/index.html |work=[[Beijing 2008]] |publisher=[[NBC Olympics]] |accessdate=18 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821062401/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSWW042900/index.html |archivedate=21 August 2012 }}{{cite news|title=수영 강영서, 배영 200m 예선 탈락|trans-title=Swimming: Kang Yeong-seo is eliminated from the prelims|language=ko|url=http://www.hankyung.com/news/app/newsview.php?aid=2008081487068|publisher=[[Korea Economic Daily]]|date=14 August 2008|accessdate=22 April 2016|archive-date=2 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602230026/http://www.hankyung.com/news/app/newsview.php?aid=2008081487068|url-status=dead}}
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