Eileen Nicole Leung Chii Lin (born 11 February 1991) is a Malaysian retired competitive swimmer, who specialised in sprint freestyle events.[2][1] She represented Malaysia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has won a career total of three medals (two silver and one bronze) in an international competition, spanning two editions of the Southeast Asian Games (2007 and 2009).[3]
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Eileen Nicole Leung Chii Lin[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Malaysia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 February 1991 Sabah, Malaysia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 50 kg (110 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | University of Malaya[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 梁綺冷 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 梁绮冷 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Liáng Qǐlěng | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Pha̍k-fa-sṳ | Liòng Khí-lâng | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jyutping | Loeng4 Ji2 Laang5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hokkien POJ | Niô͘ Khí-léng | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tâi-lô | Niôo Khí-líng | ||||||||||||||||||||
Leung competed as a member of the Malaysian swimming squad in the women's 50 m freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Leading up to the Games, she smashed a national record and a FINA B-cut time of 26.18 seconds at the Malaysian Open Championships in Bukit Jalil.[4][5] Leung rounded out the field in heat eight out of twelve to last place and forty-eighth overall with a 26.75, just 0.57 seconds off her entry standard.[6] Besides that, Leung has also held the 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Malaysia national records of 3.51.40 seconds.
Leung successes have earned her Sabah Most Promising Sportswomen Award in 2005, and Sabah Sport Women Award in 2008.
Personal life edit
Leung was born in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. She began swimming at the age of 4 and began her training at the age of 7. Leung was pursuing her high school at SMK Lok Yuk, Kota Kinabalu, and during the same time, she was representing the state swimmer team and won a lot of states and even national award. After her high school, Leung was invited to join the national swimming team and offer her to continue her study at National Sports School, KL, and she began to represent the country to participates in a variety of national and international competition. Leung was continuing her study at University Malaya, KL after completed her pre-u, and she was appointed as the University Malaya Swimming Team's Coach in 2013 to 2014. Leung success graduated as the first-class honor of her Degree in Sport Management in 2016. During 2013, Leung begins her coach journey, she been appointing as a swimming team coach for Royal Selangor Golf Club and Garden International School, Kuala Lumpur. Besides that, Leung is also the founder and head coach of Trinity Swimming Academy and Swim Splash Academy.
In December 2018, she married fellow Malaysian Olympian Yu Peng Kean. The couple's first child, a daughter, was born in September 2020.[7]
Swimming achievements edit
- Pre-2008: Gold medalist and meet record holder in SUKMA year 2006; overall champion in MSSM year 2002, 2005, 2007; overall champion in National Age Group in year 2003
- 2008: Competed in Olympic Games, Beijing;
- 2009: Medallist in SEA Games, Vientiane; competed in World Swimming Championship, Barcelona
- 2010: Competed in Asian Games, Guangzhou; competed in Commonwealth Games, New Delhi
- 2011: Competed in World Summer Universiade Games, Shenzhen; medallist in SEA Games, Palembang
- 2013: Competed in World Summer Universiade Games, Kazan
Honors and awards edit
Personal Award
2008: Sabah Sport Women Award
2005: Sabah Most Promising Sportswomen Award
Personal Best: Malaysia National Record
2009: 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay 3.51.40s
2008: 50m Freestyle 26.18s
References edit
- ^ a b c "Leung Chii Lin". Beijing 2008. Archived from the original on 16 September 2008. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Leung Chii Lin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
- ^ Lim, Teik Huat (1 November 2012). "Ex-national swimmer Chii Lin shows her mettle with four-gold display". The Star. Malaysia. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- ^ Lim, Teik Huat (5 May 2008). "Chii Lin breaks women's 50m freestyle record and qualifies for Olympics". The Star. Malaysia. Archived from the original on 8 June 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
- ^ "Olympic Cut Sheet – Women's 50m Freestyle" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 44. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ^ "Swimming: Women's 50m Freestyle – Heat 8". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
- ^ "尤炳坚梁绮冷 升级当父母". Kwong Wah Yit Poh. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2022.