Caroline Chiu Explained

Caroline Chiu
Fullname:Caroline Chiu Sin-wing
Strokes:Breaststroke
Birth Date:29 April 1984
Birth Place:Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Height:1.530NaN0
Weight:400NaN0
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Caroline Chiu Sin-wing (also Chiu Sin-wing, ; born April 29, 1984) is a Hong Kong former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] She represented the new Hong Kong, China, as a 16-year-old, at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and was also a member of the territory's squad at the 2002 Asian Games.

Chiu competed only in the women's 100 m breaststroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She achieved a FINA B-cut of 1:13.71 from the Asian Championships in Busan, South Korea.[2] [3] She challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including Bolivia's 26-year-old Katerine Moreno and Angola's Nádia Cruz, who competed in her fourth Olympic Games at age 25. She raced to the fifth seed in a time of 1:15.87, just 2.16 seconds below her national record and an entry standard. Chiu failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed thirty-sixth overall in the prelims.[4] [5]

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Notes and References

  1. Caroline Chiu. https://web.archive.org/web/20170703031616/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/chiu-caroline-1.html. dead. 3 July 2017. 19 June 2013.
  2. Web site: Swimming – Women's 100m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 2). PDF. Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. 14 June 2013.
  3. News: Wong. Jacky. Swimmer gets through to Olympics. South China Morning Post. September 2000. 19 June 2013.
  4. Web site: Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 100m Breaststroke Heat 2 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf . dead . 19 August 2011 . . . 258 . 26 April 2013 .
  5. News: Dolan breaks own world mark in 400 IM. https://archive.today/20130616043443/http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesSwimming/sep17_dol.html. usurped. June 16, 2013. Canoe.ca. 17 September 2000. 28 May 2013.