Tam Chi-kin explained
| Tam Chi-kin |
| Fullname: | Daniel Tam Chi-kin |
| Strokes: | Breaststroke |
| Club: | SLA Sports Club |
| Coach: | Anthony Giorgi (AUS) |
| Birth Date: | 28 July 1980 |
| Birth Place: | Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
| Height: | 1.730NaN0 |
| Weight: | 720NaN0 |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Daniel Tam Chi-kin (also Tam Chi-kin, ; born July 28, 1980) is a Hong Kong former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] He is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004), and a double finalist in the 100 and 200 m breaststroke at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea.[2] [3] Tam is a member of the swimming team for SLA Sports Club, and is trained by an Australian-born coach Anthony Giorgi.[4]
Tam made his first Hong Kong squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he competed in the 200 m breaststroke. Swimming in heat three, he edged out Costa Rica's Juan José Madrigal to take a seventh spot and forty-second overall by 0.45 of a second in 2:24.04.[5]
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Tam extended his program, competing both in the 100 and 200 breaststroke as Hong Kong's only male swimmer. He posted FINA B-standard entry times of 1:04.35 (100 m breaststroke) and 2:18.10 (200 m breaststroke) from the Olympic trials in Auckland.[6] [7] On the first day of the Games, Tam raced to a strong time of 1:05.11 to lead the second heat of the 100 m breaststroke, but came up short with a forty-fourth-place effort from the morning preliminaries.[8] [9] In his second event, 200 m breaststroke, Tam challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including dual citizen Mihail Alexandrov of Bulgaria. He rounded out the field to last place by 0.23 of a second behind New Zealand's Ben Labowitch in 2:19.48. Tam failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed forty-second overall in the preliminaries.[10] [11]
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Notes and References
- Tam Chi-kin. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418102459/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/tam-chi-kin-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 2 May 2013.
- News: Japan Takes Four of Five Events on Day One of Asian Games. Swimming World Magazine. 30 September 2002. 11 April 2013. dead. https://archive.today/20130411215057/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/4182.asp. 11 April 2013.
- News: Japan's Kitajima Breaks Barrowman's 200m Breaststroke World Record; Cracks 2:10 Barrier . . 2 October 2002 . 2 May 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120213175321/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/4185.asp . 13 February 2012 .
- News: Chan. Kin-wa. New athletics coach has broad expertise. South China Morning Post. 2 May 2013.
- Web site: Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 200m Breaststroke Heat 3 . . . 250 . 2 May 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf . 19 August 2011 .
- Web site: Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 2). PDF. Athens 2004. Omega Timing. 24 March 2013.
- Web site: Swimming – Men's 200m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 2). PDF. Athens 2004. Omega Timing. 24 March 2013.
- Web site: Men's 100m Breaststroke Heat 2. Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 14 August 2004. 31 January 2013.
- News: Whitten . Phillip . Prelims, Men's 100 Breaststroke: Kitajima, Hansen Qualify One-Two; Japanese Sets Olympic Record . . 14 August 2004 . 19 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203065847/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7788.asp . 3 December 2013 .
- Web site: Men's 200m Breaststroke Heat 2. Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. 11 April 2013.
- News: Thomas . Stephen . Men's 200 Breaststroke Prelims, Day 4: 15 Year-Old Daniel Gyurta Continues the Hungarian Tradition, Leads with a Swift 2:11.29 . . 17 August 2004 . 11 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20051203025210/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7855.asp . 3 December 2005 .
