{{Short description|Hong Kong Olympic swimmer}}{{Infobox swimmer | name = Caroline Chiu | image = <!-- Only free-content images are allowed for depicting living people -- see WP:NONFREE. --> | image_size = <!-- Only for images narrower than 220 pixels --> | caption = | fullname = Caroline Chiu Sin-wing | nicknames = | national_team = {{HKG}} | strokes = Breaststroke | club = | coach = | collegeteam = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|4|29|df=yes}} | birth_place = Hong Kong, Hong Kong | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{convert|1.53|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|40|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} | medaltemplates = | show-medals = yes | updated = }}
{{family name hatnote|Zhao|lang=Chinese}} '''Caroline Chiu Sin-wing''' (also ''Chiu Sin-wing'', {{zh|t=趙善穎|j=ziu<sup>6</sup> sin<sup>6</sup>wing<sup>6</sup>|p=Zhào Shànyǐng}}; born April 29, 1984) is a Hong Kong former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.<ref>{{cite sports-reference|title = Caroline Chiu|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/chiu-caroline-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170703031616/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/chiu-caroline-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 3 July 2017|access-date = 19 June 2013}}</ref> 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.
Chiu competed only in the women's 100 m breaststroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She achieved a FINA B-cut of 1:13.71 from the Asian Championships in Busan, South Korea.<ref>{{cite web|title=Swimming – Women's 100m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 2)|url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010006003D000000FFFFFFFFFFFF00|format=PDF|work=Sydney 2000|publisher=Omega Timing|accessdate=14 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Wong|first=Jacky|title=Swimmer gets through to Olympics|url=https://www.scmp.com/article/317934/swimmer-gets-through-olympics|publisher=South China Morning Post|date=September 2000|accessdate=19 June 2013}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 100m Breaststroke Heat 2 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 August 2011 |work=Sydney 2000 |publisher=LA84 Foundation |page=258 |accessdate=26 April 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Dolan breaks own world mark in 400 IM|url=http://www.canoe.com/2000GamesSwimming/sep17_dol.html|publisher=Canoe.ca|date=17 September 2000|access-date=28 May 2013}}{{dead link|date=April 2026|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://hkswim.com/swimmer/caroline.html HK Swim Bio] {{in lang|zh}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chiu, Caroline}} Category:1984 births Category:Living people Category:Hong Kong female breaststroke swimmers Category:Olympic swimmers for Hong Kong Category:Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Category:Swimmers at the 2002 Asian Games Category:Asian Games swimmers for Hong Kong {{HongKong-swimming-bio-stub}}