Chan Wing-suet explained

Chan Wing-suet
Honorific Suffix:OLY
Fullname:Sandy Chan Wing-suet
Strokes:Butterfly
Club:HTA Sports Club
Birth Date:26 September 1986
Birth Place:Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Height:1.640NaN0
Weight:500NaN0
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Sandy Chan Wing-suet (also Chan Wing-suet, or Sandy Chan ; born September 26, 1986) is a Hong Kong former swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events.[1] She is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004) and a double finalist at the Asian Games (2002).

Chan made her Olympic debut, as Hong Kong's youngest swimmer (aged 13), at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she competed in the women's 200 m butterfly. She topped the first heat in a time of 2:19.86, but finished only in thirty-third overall from the preliminaries.[2]

At the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, Chan attempted to claim her first career medal, but settled only for seventh place in the 100 m butterfly, and fifth in the 200 m butterfly (2:17.42).[3] [4]

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Chan qualified again for the 200 m butterfly, by posting a FINA B-cut of 2:16.49 from the Hong Kong Championships in Kowloon.[5] [6] She challenged seven other swimmers on the same heat as Sydney, including 15-year-old Maria Bulakhova of Russia. She raced to fourth place by three tenths of a second (0.30) behind Slovenia's Anja Klinar in 2:18.45. Chan failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed twenty-ninth overall in the prelims.[7] [8]

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Notes and References

  1. Chan Wing-suet. https://web.archive.org/web/20170629191041/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/chan-wing-suet-1.html. dead. 29 June 2017. 30 April 2013.
  2. Web site: Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 200m Butterfly Heat 1 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf . dead . 19 August 2011 . . . 232 . 23 April 2013 .
  3. News: Japan Takes Four of Five Events on Day One of Asian Games. Swimming World Magazine. 30 September 2002. 30 April 2013. dead. https://archive.today/20130411215057/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/4182.asp. 11 April 2013.
  4. News: Japan's Kitajima Breaks Barrowman's 200m Breaststroke World Record; Cracks 2:10 Barrier. Swimming World Magazine. 2 October 2002. 30 April 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120213175321/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/4185.asp. 13 February 2012.
  5. Web site: Swimming – Women's 200m Butterfly Startlist (Heat 1). PDF. Athens 2004. Omega Timing. 24 April 2013.
  6. News: Powell. Jonathan. Perfect timing by schoolgirls. South China Morning Post. 30 April 2013.
  7. Web site: Women's 200m Butterfly Heat 2. Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 17 August 2004. 31 January 2013.
  8. News: Thomas. Stephen. Women's 200 Butterfly Prelims, Day 4: Jedrzejczak Fastest. Nakanishi, Risztov, Sandeno and Thomas All Qualify. Swimming World Magazine. 17 August 2004. 24 April 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20051203025130/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7853.asp. 3 December 2005.

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