![]() Chan in 2009 | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Elaine Chan Yu-ning |
National team | ![]() |
Born | Hong Kong, Hong Kong | 15 March 1988
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Freestyle |
Elaine Chan Yu-ning OLY (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]