Katii Tang Explained

Katii Tang
Full Name:Katii Tang Tsoi-lam
Birth Date:29 August 2001
Birth Place:Hong Kong
Height:169 cm (2018)
Weight:56 kg (2018)
Strokes:Freestyle
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Katii Tang Tsoi-lam (; born 29 August 2001), is a Hong Kong female swimmer. She graduated from the Victoria Shanghai Academy.[1] From September 2019, she started studying in the University of Michigan.[2]

Biography

Katii Tang started to learn swimming at the age of four. She initially thought practising swimming daily was exhausting and boring. However, having won five gold medals in a competition, she started to enjoy swimming for its sense of accomplishment.

In August 2015, Tang participated in the 100m freestyle, 400m freestyle, 800m freestyle, and 1500m freestyle event and five relay events in the 2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships. The best result was ranking 25th in the 1500m freestyle event.[3]

In November 2016, Tang along with Chan Kin Lok, Claudia Lau, and Sze Hang Yu came 3rd in the freestyle relay event of the 2016 Asian Swimming Championships with a time of 8:16.37.[4] Tang ranked 7th in the 200m freestyle and 800m freestyle event.

In September 2017, Tang ranked 6th in the 200m freestyle event of the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.[5] Later that month, she achieved his personal best in the 800m freestyle event of the 2017 FINA Swimming World Cup Hong Kong meet with a time of 8:43.01, ranking 3rd.[6]

In August 2018, Tang along with Camille Cheng, Ho Nam Wai, and Sze Hang Yu, representing Hong Kong, came 3rd in freestyle relay event in Swimming at the 2018 Asian Games.[7]

Swimming records

Tang has held one junior record[8] and one Inter-school Swimming Competition record.[9]

EventTimeDate
Junior records
1Long course freestyle relay

(Happy Valley Athletic Association–Tang Tsoi Lam Katii; Kan Cheuk Tung Natalie; Yip Charis Gabrielle Chak Yan; Chong, Sum Yee)
8:40.122017-07-15
Inter-school Swimming Competition
1Long course100m freestyle

(Victoria Shanghai Academy–Tang Tsoi Lam Katii)
57.602018-10-18

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2017-05-06 . zh:【學界游泳精英賽】港隊師妹接棒 鄧采淋游向世界舞台 . [Interschool Swimming Competition] Katii Tang Takes over and Swims Towards the World Stage . https://www.sportsroad.hk/archives/149051 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170907073802/http://sportsroad.hk/archives/149051 . 2017-09-07 . 2021-03-31 . . zh-Hant-hk . zh:體路.
  2. Web site: 2018-11-08 . Hong Kong National Teamer Katii Tang Sends Verbal to Michigan . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210331155848/https://swimswam.com/hong-kong-national-teamer-katii-tang-sends-verbal-to-michigan/ . 2021-03-31 . 2021-03-31 . . en-US.
  3. Web site: All 5th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 2015 Results By OMEGA . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210331155828/https://www.omegatiming.com/2015/5th-fina-world-junior-swimming-championships-live-results . 2021-03-31 . 2021-03-31 . Omega Timing.
  4. Web site: 2016-11-17 . zh:【亞洲泳賽】港隊奪女子4x200自接力銅牌 . [Asian Swimming Championships] The Hong Kong Team Came Third in the Women 4×200m Freestyle Relay Event . https://www.sportsroad.hk/archives/131544 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190820161330/https://www.sportsroad.hk/archives/131544 . 2019-08-20 . 2021-03-31 . . zh-Hant-hk . zh:體路.
  5. Web site: 2017-09-24 . zh:【土庫曼亞室運直擊】歐鎧淳100背封后 接力慢0.1秒摘銀灑淚 . [Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Live] Stephanie Au Won the Women 100m Medley Event but Came Second in the Women 4×50m Freestyle Relay Event by 0.1s . https://www.sportsroad.hk/archives/171399 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180219232418/http://sportsroad.hk/archives/171399 . 2018-02-19 . 2021-03-31 . . zh-Hant-hk . zh:體路.
  6. Web site: 2017-09-30 . zh:【游泳世界盃】小「飛魚」大爆發 何南慧鄧采淋包辦女800米自銀銅牌 . [FINA Swimming World Cup] Little "Flying Fish" Breaks out; Ho Nam Wai and Katii Tang Came Respectively Second and Third in the 800m Freestyle Event . https://www.sportsroad.hk/archives/172145 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200821015016/https://www.sportsroad.hk/archives/172145 . 2020-08-21 . 2021-03-31 . . zh-Hant-hk . zh:體路.
  7. Web site: zh:港女接力隊4x200自摘銅 . The Hong Kong Swimming Relay Team Came Third in the 4×200m Freestyle Relay Event . https://hk.appledaily.com/sports/20180822/ZEOYX4O277SS53TG7I5LRWSLHU/ . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210331155828/https://hk.appledaily.com/sports/20180822/ZEOYX4O277SS53TG7I5LRWSLHU/ . 2021-03-31 . 2021-03-31 . . zh-Hant-hk . zh:蘋果日報.
  8. Web site: HONG KONG LONG COURSE RECORDS (Listed Date:13th August, 2018) . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190614012542/https://www.hkasa.org.hk/images/Image/HKRLC20180813.pdf . 2019-06-14 . 2018-08-28 . . zh:香港業餘游泳總會.
  9. Web site: zh:【D2學界游泳】鄧采淋改寫女甲100自紀錄 福建香港國際大勝稱王封后 . [D2 Interschool Swimming Competition] Katii Tang Set a New Record in the Women A Grade 100m Freestyle Event; the Fukien Secondary School and Hong Kong International School Won in Respectively Men and Women Group Event . https://hk.news.yahoo.com/d2%E5%AD%B8%E7%95%8C%E6%B8%B8%E6%B3%B3-%E9%84%A7%E9%87%87%E6%B7%8B%E6%94%B9%E5%AF%AB%E5%A5%B3%E7%94%B2100%E8%87%AA%E7%B4%80%E9%8C%84-%E7%A6%8F%E5%BB%BA%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%9C%8B%E9%9A%9B%E5%A4%A7%E5%8B%9D%E7%A8%B1%E7%8E%8B%E5%B0%81%E5%90%8E-123344154.html . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210331155828/https://hk.news.yahoo.com/d2%E5%AD%B8%E7%95%8C%E6%B8%B8%E6%B3%B3-%E9%84%A7%E9%87%87%E6%B7%8B%E6%94%B9%E5%AF%AB%E5%A5%B3%E7%94%B2100%E8%87%AA%E7%B4%80%E9%8C%84-%E7%A6%8F%E5%BB%BA%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%9C%8B%E9%9A%9B%E5%A4%A7%E5%8B%9D%E7%A8%B1%E7%8E%8B%E5%B0%81%E5%90%8E-123344154.html . 2021-03-31 . 2021-03-31 . . zh-Hant-hk . zh:Yahoo新聞.