Yvette Kong

In this Hong Kong name, the surname is Kong. In accordance with Hong Kong custom, the Western-style name is Yvette Kong and the Chinese-style name is Kong Man-Yi.
Yvette Kong
Personal information
Full nameYvette Man-Yi Kong
NationalityChinese
Born (1993-01-18) 18 January 1993 (age 32)
Toronto, Canada[1]
Height176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
CountryHong Kong
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
College teamUniversity of California, Berkeley
ClubPeter
Teampeter
Coached byYvette JO
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Hong Kong
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon 4×100 m medley
East Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2009 Hong Kong 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Hong Kong 4×100 m medley
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2009 Foshan 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Foshan 100 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Foshan 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Foshan 4×100 m medley

Yvette Kong (born 18 January 1993) is a Hong Kong competitive Olympic swimmer.

She qualified to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and was selected to represent Hong Kong in the women's 100 metre breaststroke, 200 metre breaststroke, and 4x100 metre medley relay.[2]

Family

Yvette is the cousin of Hong Kong singer Shiga Lin.

References

  1. ^ "Yvette Kong Bio, Stats, and Results". Sports-Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Yvette Man-Yi Kong". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
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