Elaine Chan
Elaine Chan Yu-ning (; 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.
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