Matthew Kwok, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Matthew Kwok

Olympic swimmer

Date of Birth: 18-Apr-1979

Place of Birth: Laguna Hills, California, United States

Profession: swimmer

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Matthew Kwok Hon Ming (also Kwok Hon Ming, Chinese: ???; pinyin: Guo Hànmíng; Jyutping: gwok3 hon3 ming4; born April 18, 1979) is a Hong Kong former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.
He is a single-time Olympian (2000), and a member of the University of Hawaii swimming and diving team under head coach Sam Freas.
He also holds numerous Hong Kong records in the 100 m breaststroke, and retains a dual resident status to compete internationally for his father's homeland.
Kwok is also a younger brother of Olympic swimmer and Asian Games bronze medalist Mark Kwok. Kwok competed only in the men's 100 m breaststroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
He posted a FINA B-standard entry time of 1:05.29 from the Hong Kong Long Course Championships.
He challenged seven other swimmers in heat three, including Namibia's three-time Olympian Jorg Lindemeier.
He posted a lifetime best of 1:05.28 to pick up a fifth seed by three hundredths of a second (0.03) behind Lindemeier.
Kwok failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fiftieth overall on the first day of prelims.