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Mar 15, 1988 Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China 36 years old
Olympic swimmer
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About Elaine Chan Swimmer
- Elaine Chan Yu Ning (Chinese: ???; Jyutping: can4 jyu5 ning4; born March 15, 1988) is a two-time Olympic swimmer from Hong Kong, specialized in freestyle events.
- At age sixteen, Chan first competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she finished forty-seventh in the women's 50 m freestyle, with a time of 27.48 seconds.
- Following her remarkable performance at the Olympics, Chan granted a full scholarship to the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, where she trained with the college swimming team for 18 months.
- In 2007, Chan returned to Hong Kong to pursue her education with a bachelor's degree in economics and finance at the University of Hong Kong, while she trained with the national team in preparation for the Olympics.
- She qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and competed for the second time in women's 50 m freestyle.
- She swam in the seventh heat of the competition, with a time of 26.54 seconds, bettering her personal best from the previous Olympics, but finishing only in forty-fourth place.
