(HBO) - Bui Thanh Huyen, 13 years old, is a pupil of Thinh Lang Primary and Secondary School in Hoa Binh city. Besides studying at school, Huyen spends from 1-2 hours a day to practice sports.

Bui Thanh Huyen (the outer swimming lane) competes in the 50m female backstage 13-14 years at the 8th Provincial Phu Dong Sports Pool in 2019.

At the age of 3, Thanh Huyen was taught to swim by her mother. Huyen's mother once won 12 swimming championships over rivers and is currently a swimming instructor at Hanoi University of Physical Education and Sports. Huyen's mother (Nguyen Tan Canh) has long been aware of the important role of swimming in life and training for her children.

In the third grade, at his first tournament at the Phu Dong Provincial Health Festival in 2014, Huyen won a gold medal and a bronze medal. In the following years, she participated in a number of swimming tournaments and achieved outstanding achievements such as: 2 bronze medals at the 2015 nationwide Phu Dong Sport Festival, 2 gold medals in 50m female backstroke and 50m freestyle female 13-14 years old.

About future plans, Bui Thanh Huyen said: I am supported by my family if I want to follow the professional swimming training path.


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