Camille Cheng

Camille Cheng Lily-mei (Chinese: 鄭莉梅; born 9 May 1993) is a Hong Kong competitive swimmer.

In this Hong Kong name, the surname is Cheng. In accordance with Hong Kong custom, the Western-style name is Camille Cheng and the Chinese-style name is Cheng Lily-mei.
Camille Cheng
Personal information
Full nameCamille Cheng Lily-mei
National team Hong Kong
Born (1993-05-09) 9 May 1993
Hong Kong
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
College teamUniversity of California, Berkeley
Medal record
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Jakarta 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou 4×100 m freestyle
Camille Cheng Lily-mei
Traditional Chinese鄭莉梅
Simplified Chinese郑莉梅

She qualified to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and was selected to represent Hong Kong in the women's 50 metre freestyle, 100 metre freestyle, 200 metre freestyle, and 4x100 metre medley relay.[1]

Early life, education and career

Born on 9 May 1993 in Hong Kong to a Taiwanese father Cheng Wong-ping and French mother Catherine. She speaks French, English, and Mandarin Chinese.[2] She went to French International School until the age of nine, when her family moved to Beijing for her father's engineering job.[3] She attended the International School of Beijing.[2]

She swam for the University of California, Berkeley, team under Olympic coach Teri McKeever and alongside the already Olympian medalist Sara Isaković. She became joint captain in her final year before graduating university with a degree in Psychology. Cheng took Bronze at the Asian Games in 2014. In December 2015, Cheng made an Olympic A time (which guarantees a place) at the United States National Championships in 200 metre freestyle. She became one of three Hong Kong women to have ever made an A time.[3]

Competition Rankings
Year Competition Location Ranking Race
2013 Universiade Kazan 8th 4 × 200 m freestyle
2014 Asians Games Incheon 7th [4] 200 m freestyle
6th 100 m freestyle
3rd 4 × 200 m freestyle
3rd 4 × 100 m freestyle
Pan Pacific Championships Gold Coast 8th 100 m freestyle
7th 4 × 100 m freestyle
6th 4 × 200 m freestyle
6th 4 × 100 m 4 strokes
2015 World Championships Kazan 32nd 100 m freestyle
2016 Summer Olympics[5] Rio de Janeiro 44th 50 m freestyle
24th 100 m freestyle
29th 200 m freestyle
2018 Asian Games[6] Jakarta 5th 100 m freestyle
6th 200 m freestyle
3rd 4 × 100 m freestyle
3rd 4 × 200 m freestyle
2nd 4 × 100 m women's 4 strokes
2019 World Championships[7] Gwangju 10th 4 × 100 m freestyle
11th 4 × 200 m freestyle

Personal bests

References
  1. "Camille Cheng". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  2. "Camille Cheng." Swim Swam. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
  3. "Road to Rio: How Hong Kong swim star Camille Cheng went from Olympic spectator to competitor." James Porteous. South China Morning Post. Alibaba. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
  4. "Camille Cheng - Women's Swimming & Diving". University of California Golden Bears Athletics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  5. "Camille Cheng - Results". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  6. Careem, Nazvi (19 August 2018). "Asian Games: Hong Kong swimmers win bronze in women's 4x100m freestyle relay". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  7. Yen, Ruey. "Cal Bears at 2019 FINA World Championships update: 5 relay, 1 team, and 1 individual medals". California Golden Blogs. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  8. "Swimrankings - CHENG, Camille Lily Mei". Swim Rankings. Retrieved 16 August 2020.

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