Caroline Chiu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Caroline Chiu

Olympic swimmer

Date of Birth: 29-Apr-1984

Place of Birth: Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China

Profession: swimmer

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Caroline Chiu

  • Caroline Chiu Sin Wing (also Chiu Sin Wing, Chinese: ???; pinyin: Zhào Shànying; Jyutping: ziu6 sin6 wing6; born April 29, 1984) is a Hong Kong former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.
  • 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. 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.
  • 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.

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