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= Park Tae Hwan =

===Park Tae Hwan is a member of the South Korean national swimming team. He was born on September 27th 1989 in Seoul. His nickname is Marine Boy. He is 1.83m tall and weighs 74kg. He began swimming at the age of 5 because he had asthma. He started competition at the age of 7 and when he was 14 he was selected for national team. He has graduated this year from University in physical education. He is really famous because he was the first Asian swimmer to win a Gold medal on the Men’s 400m freestyle. And he is very popular in Korea because he is the first Korean to ever win a medal on swimming. In the 2004 Olympics he was disqualified for a false start. In the 2008 Olympics at Beijing he won gold in 400m. He also wons silver in the 200m in a time of 1:44.85. He joins Michael Phelps, Ian Thorpe and Pieter van den Hoogenbord as the only men to have swim under 1:45 in this event. In 2011 at the Santa Clara Grand Prix he even beat Michael Phelps in the 100m by more than half a seconds. In the 2012 Olympics held recently he was disqualified again in the 400m heat because of a fales start. When the judge looked on the video it was decided that Park Tae Hwan hadn't so he was allowed to go through to the final. In the 400m final he won the silver. In the 200m freestyle he tied for silver with the Chinese swimmer Sun Yang. Park Tae Hwan is an amazing swimmer. The Korean people are very proud of him. Watch out for him in the 2016 Olympics which will be held Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.===

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