Leung Chii Lin Explained

Leung Chii Lin
Fullname:Eileen Nicole Leung Chii Lin
Strokes:Freestyle
Club:University of Malaya
Birth Date:11 February 1991
Birth Place:Sabah, Malaysia
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Eileen Nicole Leung Chii Lin (born 11 February 1991) is a Malaysian retired competitive swimmer, who specialised in sprint freestyle events.[1] [2] She represented Malaysia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has won a career total of three medals (two silver and one bronze) in an international competition, spanning two editions of the Southeast Asian Games (2007 and 2009).[3]

Leung competed as a member of the Malaysian swimming squad in the women's 50 m freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Leading up to the Games, she smashed a national record and a FINA B-cut time of 26.18 seconds at the Malaysian Open Championships in Bukit Jalil.[4] [5] Leung rounded out the field in heat eight out of twelve to last place and forty-eighth overall with a 26.75, just 0.57 seconds off her entry standard.[6] Besides that, Leung has also held the Freestyle Relay Malaysia national records of 3.51.40 seconds.

Leung successes have earned her Sabah Most Promising Sportswomen Award in 2005, and Sabah Sport Women Award in 2008.

Personal life

Leung was born in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. She began swimming at the age of 4 and began her training at the age of 7. Leung was pursuing her high school at SMK Lok Yuk, Kota Kinabalu, and during the same time, she was representing the state swimmer team and won a lot of states and even national award. After her high school, Leung was invited to join the national swimming team and offer her to continue her study at National Sports School, KL, and she began to represent the country to participates in a variety of national and international competition. Leung was continuing her study at University Malaya, KL after completed her pre-u, and she was appointed as the University Malaya Swimming Team's Coach in 2013 to 2014. Leung success graduated as the first-class honor of her Degree in Sport Management in 2016. During 2013, Leung begins her coach journey, she been appointing as a swimming team coach for Royal Selangor Golf Club and Garden International School, Kuala Lumpur. Besides that, Leung is also the founder and head coach of Trinity Swimming Academy and Swim Splash Academy.

In December 2018, she married fellow Malaysian Olympian Yu Peng Kean. The couple's first child, a daughter, was born in September 2020.[7]

Swimming achievements

Honors and awards

Personal Award

2008: Sabah Sport Women Award

2005: Sabah Most Promising Sportswomen Award

Personal Best: Malaysia National Record

2009: Freestyle Relay 3.51.40s

2008: 50m Freestyle 26.18s

External links

Notes and References

  1. Leung Chii Lin. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418091711/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/leung-chii-lin-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 1 December 2012.
  2. Web site: Leung Chii Lin . . 16 January 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080916150817/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/7/230117.shtml . 16 September 2008 .
  3. News: Lim. Teik Huat. Ex-national swimmer Chii Lin shows her mettle with four-gold display. The Star. Malaysia. 1 November 2012. 16 January 2016.
  4. News: Lim, Teik Huat . Chii Lin breaks women's 50m freestyle record and qualifies for Olympics . . . 5 May 2008 . 1 December 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080608011418/http://www.thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=%2F2008%2F5%2F5%2Fsports%2F21152484&sec=sports . 8 June 2008 .
  5. Web site: Olympic Cut Sheet – Women's 50m Freestyle. 44. Swimming World Magazine. 10 April 2013.
  6. Web site: Swimming: Women's 50m Freestyle – Heat 8 . . . 1 December 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120821062506/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSWW010900/index.html . 21 August 2012 .
  7. News: 尤炳坚梁绮冷 升级当父母. Kwong Wah Yit Poh. 2 September 2020. 25 January 2022.