Nicolette Teo

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Nicolette Teo
Personal information
Full nameNicolette Teo Wei Min
Born (1986-04-19) 19 April 1986 (age 38)
Singapore
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
SportSwimming
EventBreaststroke
Achievements and titles
Personal best100 Breast - 1:02.17
Medal record
Representing  Singapore
SEA Games
Gold medal – first place 1999 Brunei 200m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2001 Kuala Lumpur 100m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2003 Hanoi 4x100m freestyle relay
Gold medal – first place 2003 Hanoi 4x100m medley relay
Gold medal – first place 2005 Laguna 200m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2005 Laguna 4x100m medley relay
Gold medal – first place 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima 100m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima 200m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima 4x100m medley relay
Silver medal – second place 2001 Kuala Lumpur 200m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 2001 Kuala Lumpur 4x100m freestyle relay
Silver medal – second place 2001 Kuala Lumpur 4x100m medley relay
Silver medal – second place 2003 Hanoi 100m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 2003 Hanoi 200m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 2005 Laguna 100m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 2005 Laguna 200m individual medley
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Hanoi 200m individual medley
Updated on 18 December 2006.

Nicolette Teo Wei Min (Teo Wei-min, simplified Chinese: 张维敏; traditional Chinese: 張維敏; pinyin: Zhāng Wéimǐn; born 19 April 1986) is a Singaporean swimmer who specializes in breaststroke.

High school[edit]

Nicolette was a former student at Methodist Girls' School in Singapore. Nicolette represented Mission Viejo High School in the California Interscholastic Federation's swimming tournament. She finished second in the 100 yard Breast clocking in a time of 1:02.17 and finished 4th in the 200 yard IM event with the time of 2:04:79. She also topped the long course times for the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events.

College[edit]

Teo swam for the University of California, Los Angeles. Nicolette earned All-American honors at the NCAA Championships as a member of the 400 m Medley Relay team that placed 13th. She also placed 22nd and 29th in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events respectively in the same tournament. In 2005, Nicolette represented Singapore in the World Championships in the 50 m, 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events.[1]

Competitions[edit]

Nicolette represented Singapore in the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics. She participated in the 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007 Southeast Asian Games as well as the 2002 and 2006 Asian Games.

SEA Games[edit]

Gold (9):

Silver (7):

Bronze (1):

  • 200 IM (2003) 2:22.85

National records[edit]

100 Breaststroke: 1:10.15 (2007)

200 Breaststroke: 2:31.96 (2007)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "UCLA Bruins, Athlete Site". Archived from the original on 30 October 2006.

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