Lynette Lim

Lynette Lim Shu En (Lim Shu-En, Chinese: 林淑恩, born 25 April 1992)[1] is an Olympic freestyle swimmer from Singapore. She swam for Singapore at the 2012[2] and 2008 Summer Olympics,[3] the 2009[4] and 2007 World Championships, and the 2007 South East Asian Games.

Lynette Lim
Personal information
Full nameLynette Lim Shu-En
Nationality Singapore
Born (1992-04-25) 25 April 1992
Loma Linda, CA
Height5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Sport
SportSwimming
College teamUSC Trojans
Medal record
Asian Youth Games
Gold medal – first place2009 Singapore400m Freestyle
Gold medal – first place2009 Singapore4X100m Freestyle Relay
In this Chinese name, the family name is Lim.

As of 2009, she holds the Singaporean Records in the women's 400m, 800m, and 1500m freestyles, and 4 × 100 m, 4 × 200 m freestyle relays.

Early years

Lim attended Palm Springs High School in Palm Springs, California. She was in the class of 2010. She swam for the Piranha Swim Team in Palm Springs and the high school swim team for Palm Springs. Lim attended the University of Southern California, graduating in 2014 with a degree in kinesiology, and was on the USC swimming and diving team as a distance freestyler. During her career at USC she was a three-time all-American on relay.[5]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lynette Lim". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  2. "Lynette Lim". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  3. "Lynette Lim". Beijing2008.cn. Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games. Archived from the original on 9 September 2008. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  4. "13th FINA World Championships 2009 - Rome (ITA): Results / Start Lists". fina.org. FINA. Archived from the original on 4 October 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
  5. "Lynette Lim". usctrojans. University of Southern California. Archived from the original on 26 November 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.