Yip Tsz Wa

Yip Tsz Wa
Personal information
Full name	Yvonne Yip Tsz Wa
National team	Hong Kong
Born	22 October 1990; Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Height	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight	47 kg (104 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
Club	DL Trading Limited

Yvonne Yip Tsz Wa (also Yip Tsz Wa, Chinese: 葉芷華; pinyin: Yè Zhǐhuá; Jyutping: jip⁶ zi² waa⁴; born October 22, 1990) is a Hong Kong swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] Yip qualified for the women's 100 m breaststroke, as Hong Kong's youngest ever swimmer (aged 13), at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She set a new Hong Kong record and posted a FINA B-standard entry time of 1:13.02 from the Asian Age Group Championships in her home venue.[2][3][4] She challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including 15-year-old Alia Atkinson, who later became Jamaica's top swimmer. She edged out Iceland's Íris Edda Heimisdóttir to claim a seventh spot by 0.82 of a second, outside her record time of 1:14.53. Yip failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed thirty-ninth overall in the preliminaries.[5][6]

References

Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yip Tsz Wa". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
"Swimming – Women's 100m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
Powell, Jonathan. "Encouraging win for Olympics hopeful". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
Powell, Jonathan. "Perfect timing by schoolgirls". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
"Women's 100m Breaststroke Heat 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
Thomas, Stephen (15 August 2004). "Women's 100 Breaststroke Prelims: Aussies Hanson and Jones Qualify One-Two". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 July 2006. Retrieved 19 April 2013.

External links

HK Swim Bio (in Chinese)

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[1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yip Tsz Wa". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2013.

[2] "Swimming – Women's 100m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 24 March 2013.

[3] Powell, Jonathan. "Encouraging win for Olympics hopeful". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2 May 2013.

[4] Powell, Jonathan. "Perfect timing by schoolgirls". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 30 April 2013.

[5] "Women's 100m Breaststroke Heat 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.

[6] Thomas, Stephen (15 August 2004). "Women's 100 Breaststroke Prelims: Aussies Hanson and Jones Qualify One-Two". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 July 2006. Retrieved 19 April 2013.