Angela Chuck

Angela Dawn Chuck (born 14 February 1981) is a Jamaican former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] She won a total of two medals, gold in the 200 m freestyle (2:07.81), and bronze in the 100 m freestyle (58.91), at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador, El Salvador.[2] Chuck is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004) and a psychology graduate of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.[3]

Angela Chuck
Personal information
Full nameAngela Dawn Chuck
National team Jamaica
Born (1981-02-14) 14 February 1981
Kingston, Jamaica
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Jamaica
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 San Salvador 200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2002 San Salvador 100 m freestyle

Chuck made her first Jamaican team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she competed in the women's 50 m freestyle. Swimming in heat four, she picked up a second spot and forty-ninth overall by 0.60 of a second behind leader Yekaterina Tochenaya of Kazakhstan in 27.48.[4]

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Chuck qualified for the 100 m freestyle, by posting a FINA B-standard entry time of 57.59 from the Caribbean Championships in Kingston.[5][6] She challenged seven other swimmers on the third heat, including Olympic veterans Dominique Diezi of Switzerland and Lara Heinz of Luxembourg. She edged out Iceland's Ragnheiður Ragnarsdóttir to take a seventh spot by 0.14 of a second, outside her entry time of 58.33. Chuck failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed thirty-ninth overall in the preliminaries.[7][8]

Shortly after her second Olympics, Chuck retired from swimming to work as an assistant coach for the Blue Devils at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.[3]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Angela Chuck". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  2. Luton, Dariane (26 November 2002). "Chuck mines gold at CAC". Jamaica Gleaner. Archived from the original on 2 November 2004. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  3. Thompson, Shelley-Anne (5 September 2005). "Jamaican is new assistant coach for Duke University Swim Team". Jamaica Gleaner. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  4. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Heat 4" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 165. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  5. "Swimming – Women's 100m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 2)". Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  6. "Caribbean Island Swimming Championships – Day Two". Swimming World Magazine. 4 July 2004. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  7. "Women's 100m Freestyle Heat 3". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  8. 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.


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