Chan Wing-suet
Hong Kong swimmer (born 1986) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sandy Chan Wing-suet OLY (also Chan Wing-suet, or Sandy Chan Chinese: 陳詠雪; pinyin: Chén Yǒngxuě; Jyutping: can4 wing6syut3; 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).
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Full name | Sandy Chan Wing-suet |
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Born | (1986-09-26) 26 September 1986 (age 37) Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) |
Weight | 50 kg (110 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Butterfly |
Club | HTA Sports Club |
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]