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Sung Yi-chieh

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Sung Yi-chieh
Personal information
Full nameSung Yi-chieh
National team Chinese Taipei
Born (1986-02-03) 3 February 1986 (age 38)
Taipei, Taiwan
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle

Sung Yi-chieh (Chinese: 宋 怡潔; pinyin: Sòng Yíjié; born February 3, 1986) is a Taiwanese former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] Sung qualified for the women's 100 m freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics, by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 58.08 from the National University Games in Taipei.[2] She challenged seven other swimmers on the second heat, including three-time Olympian Agnese Ozoliņa of Latvia. She raced to fifth place by 0.15 of a second behind Ozolina in 59.85. Sung failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed forty-fourth overall in the preliminaries.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sung Yi-chieh". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Swimming – Women's 100m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Women's 100m Freestyle Heat 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  4. ^ Thomas, Stephen (18 August 2004). "Women's 100 Freestyle Prelims, Day 5: Inky Leads the Pack with a Swift 54.43". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2013.