Hsieh Shu-ting (Chinese: 謝淑婷; born January 2, 1981) is a Taiwanese former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and butterfly events.[1] She represented Chinese Taipei in two editions of the Olympic Games (1996 and 2000), and later captured a bronze medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay (8:18.92) at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand.[2]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Hsieh Shu-ting |
| National team |  Chinese Taipei |
| Born | 2 January 1981 Taipei, Taiwan |
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 47 kg (104 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle, butterfly |
| Hsieh Shu-ting | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traditional Chinese | 謝淑婷 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 谢淑婷 | ||||||||
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Hsieh made her first Chinese Taipei team, as a 15-year-old teen, at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. She failed to reach the top 16 final in the 100 m butterfly, finishing in thirty-seventh place at 1:04.39.[3] A member of the Chinese Taipei squad, she placed nineteenth in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay (8:27.61), and twenty-fourth in the 4 × 100 m medley relay (4:38.90).[4][5]
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Hsieh drastically decided to swim only in the 100 m butterfly. She achieved a FINA B-cut of 1:03.25 from the National University Games in Taipei.[6] Swimming in heat two, she was faster by more than half a second (0.50) to a top speed, from start to finish, in a sterling time of 1:03.52. Hsieh's effortless triumph was not enough to put her through to the semifinals, as she placed forty-first overall on the first day of prelims.[7][8]
References edit
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hsieh Shu-ting". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
- ^ "泳壇姊妹花換跑道 謝淑婷 謝淑姿投身運動產業" [Swimming sisters Hsieh Shu-ting and Shu-tzu changed careers to join in the sports industry] (in Chinese). Liberty Times. 15 March 2007. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ^ "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Women's 100m Butterfly Heat 2" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 47. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ^ "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Women's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Heat 2" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 52. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
- ^ "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Women's 4×100m Medley Relay Heat 1" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 53. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ^ "Swimming – Women's 100m Butterfly Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ^ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 100m Butterfly Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 224. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- ^ Newberry, Paul (16 September 2000). "Thompson anchors U.S. relay win; Thorpe wins 400 free". Canoe.ca. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
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Notes edit
- ^ "Shú" is the pronunciation of the character "淑" in the Republic of China area, including Taiwan. In Mainland China this character would be pronounced "shū"