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Hong Kong swimmer (born 1983)

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Sherry Tsai in 2008
Personal information
Born4 September 1983 (1983-09-04) (age 41)
Hong Kong
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
ClubCUC
Medal record
Representing  Hong Kong
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Doha 4x100m freestyle relay

Sherry Tsai (Chinese: 蔡曉慧; Jyutping: coi hiu wai; 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. She attended and swam for the University of California, Berkeley in the USA.

She won Hong Kong's Best Swimmer Award 4 years-in-a-row (1998–2001), and at one time held 14 Hong Kong Records. At the 2004 Olympics, she was Hong Kong's flagbearer for the Opening Ceremony.

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

  1. Sherry Tsai. sports-reference.com.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. From star swimmer to everything she can be by Kane Wu, China Daily, Hong Kong edition. Published 2010-10-08, retrieved 2010-12-02.
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