Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Park Tae Hwan

Park Tae Hwan



Do you know Tae Hwan Park? he is swimmer.
he is very very famous because he is best among swimmers. He is as famous as Yuna Kim!
She and he are represent of Korean and they are the pride of Korea.
He has nickname that a marine boy and he likes this nickname.
Let's intorduce about her in detail!
Name : Park Tae Hwan.
Age : 23 years old (This age is Korean age, American age is 21 years old)
Family background : Father, Mother, elder sister, and him(He is youngest brother. )
Birthday : september 27th.
Hometown : Seoul
Blood type : O blood
Hobby : Playing basketball, listenign to the music.









He started swimmign at 5 years olds because ha had a asthma.
His doctor suggested swimming would be good for his asthma and his mother war agree. So that he went to the pool near the his house.

Before long, he became the national player at the 16 year olds and he took part in a game.
At that time he was youngest player in a game, but he did not give up.
This game was fail becasuer he was start earlier than other players, this a dishouest act becuase he war nervous.





Finally, at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Park won a gold medal in the 400-meter freestyle event and a silver medal in the 200-meter freestyle event. These were the first Olympic medals in swimming for South Korea! In the last couple of years, Park Tae-hwan has been rewriting Korea’s history of swimming.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Park won a gold medal in the 400-meter freestyle event and a silver medal in the 200-meter freestyle event. These were the first Olympic medals in swimming for South Korea! In the last couple of years, Park Tae-hwan has been rewriting Korea’s history of swimming.




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