Sherry Tsai
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 Sherry Tsai in 2008 | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 4 September 1983 (age 40) Hong Kong | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||
| Club | CUC | |||||||||||
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Sherry Tsai OLY (Chinese: 蔡曉慧; Jyutping: coi3 hiu2 wai6; born 4 September 1983) is a retired swimmer from Hong Kong. She competed at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics in the 50 m freestyle, 100 m and 200 m backstroke, and 200 m individual medley (six events in total), with the best achievement of 28th place.[1] She attended and swam for the University of California, Berkeley in the USA.[2]
She won Hong Kong's Best Swimmer Award 4 years-in-a-row (1998–2001), and at one time held 14 Hong Kong Records.[3] At the 2004 Olympics, she was Hong Kong's flagbearer for the Opening Ceremony.[4]
She has swum for Hong Kong at:
- Olympics: 2000, 2004, 2008
- World Championships: 1998, 2003, 2007, 2009
- Asian Games: 1998, 2002, 2006
- Asian Indoor Games: 2007, 2009
- Asian Swimming Championships: 2009
- East Asian Games: 2001, 2009
- World University Games: 2003, 2005
References[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to TSAI Hiu Wai, Sherry.
- ^ Sherry Tsai. sports-reference.com.
- ^ Tsai's bio page Archived 15 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine from CalBears.com: the website for Cal Athletics; published 2007, retrieved 2010-12-02.
- ^ Interview with Tsai Archived 12 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine from the website of the Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China; published 2006, retrieved 2010-12-02.
- ^ From star swimmer to everything she can be by Kane Wu, China Daily, Hong Kong edition. Published 2010-10-08, retrieved 2010-12-02.
Categories:
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Hong Kong female medley swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for Hong Kong
- Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1998 Asian Games
- Swimmers at the 2002 Asian Games
- Swimmers at the 2006 Asian Games
- Asian Games medalists in swimming
- Hong Kong female freestyle swimmers
- Hong Kong female backstroke swimmers
- Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Hong Kong
- 21st-century Hong Kong women