Caroline Chiu

Career

Chiu competed only in the women"s 100 m breaststroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including Bolivia"s 26-year-old Katerine Moreno and Angola"s Nádia Cruz, who competed in her fourth Olympic Games at age 25. She raced to the fifth seed in a time of 1:15.87, just 2.16 seconds below her national record and an entry standard.

Chiu failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed thirty-sixth overall in the prelims.

Achievements

• She achieved a FINA B-cut of 1:13.71 from the Asian Championships in Busan, South of Korea.

Membership

She represented the new Hong Kong, China, as a 16-year-old, at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and was also a member of the territory"s squad at the 2002 Asian Games.