Caroline Chiu
Hong Kong Olympic swimmer
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Caroline Chiu Sin-wing (also Chiu Sin-wing, Chinese: 趙善穎; pinyin: Zhào Shànyǐng; Jyutping: ziu6 sin6wing6; born April 29, 1984) is a Hong Kong former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] She represented the new Hong Kong, China, as a 16-year-old, at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and was also a member of the territory's squad at the 2002 Asian Games.
Hong Kong| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Caroline Chiu Sin-wing |
| National team | Hong Kong |
| Born | 29 April 1984 Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
| Height | 1.53 m (5 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 40 kg (88 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Breaststroke |
Chiu competed only in the women's 100 m breaststroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She achieved a FINA B-cut of 1:13.71 from the Asian Championships in Busan, South Korea.[2][3] She challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including Bolivia's 26-year-old Katerine Moreno and Angola's Nádia Cruz, who competed in her fourth Olympic Games at age 25. She raced to the fifth seed in a time of 1:15.87, just 2.16 seconds below her national record and an entry standard. Chiu failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed thirty-sixth overall in the prelims.[4][5]
