Elaine Chan (swimmer)

Elaine Chan
Personal information
Full name Elaine Chan Yu Ning
National team  Hong Kong
Born (1988-03-15) 15 March 1988
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chan.

Elaine Chan Yu Ning (Chinese: 陳宇寧; Jyutping: can4 jyu5 ning4; born March 15, 1988) is a two-time Olympic swimmer from Hong Kong, specialized in freestyle events.[1] At age sixteen, Chan first competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she finished forty-seventh in the women's 50 m freestyle, with a time of 27.48 seconds.[2][3] Following her remarkable performance at the Olympics, Chan granted a full scholarship to the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, where she trained with the college swimming team for 18 months.[4][5] In 2007, Chan returned to Hong Kong to pursue her education with a bachelor's degree in economics and finance at the University of Hong Kong, while she trained with the national team in preparation for the Olympics.[5] She qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and competed for the second time in women's 50 m freestyle. She swam in the seventh heat of the competition, with a time of 26.54 seconds, bettering her personal best from the previous Olympics, but finishing only in forty-fourth place.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Chan Elaine". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  2. ↑ "Women's 50m Freestyle Heat 6". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 20 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  3. ↑ Thomas, Stephen (20 August 2004). "Women's 50 Freestyle, Prelims Day 7: Inky Sizzles in World Best 24.66, Joyce Next in PR 25.06, Jenny Thompson Makes It Too". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  4. ↑ Schrader, Katie (13 January 2006). "Swimmers to host meets". The Lantern. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  5. 1 2 "Our Olympic contender" (PDF). Contact. Faculty of Business and Economics – University of Hong Kong. p. 6. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  6. ↑ "Swimming: Women's 50m Freestyle – Heat 7". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 21 November 2012.

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