Camille Cheng Lily-mei (; born 9 May 1993) is a Hong Kong competitive swimmer. She qualified to the

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, and was selected to represent Hong Kong in the women's 50 metre freestyle, 100 metre freestyle, 200 metre freestyle, and 4x100 metre medley relay.

Early life, education and career

Born on 9 May 1993 in Hong Kong to a Taiwanese father Cheng Wong-ping and French mother Catherine. She speaks French, English, and Mandarin Chinese."Camille Cheng."
'' Swim Swam.'' Retrieved 2017-06-14. She went to French International School until the age of nine, when her family moved to Beijing for her father's engineering job. She attended the

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. She swam for the

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, team under Olympic coach

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and alongside the already Olympian medalist

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. She became joint captain in her final year before graduating university with a degree in Psychology. Cheng took Bronze at the

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in 2014. In December 2015, Cheng made an Olympic A time (which guarantees a place) at the United States National Championships in 200 metre

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. She became one of three Hong Kong women to have ever made an A time."Road to Rio: How Hong Kong swim star Camille Cheng went from Olympic spectator to competitor."
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. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 2017-06-14.

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Personal bests

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* 1993 births Living people Hong Kong people of French descent Hong Kong people of Taiwanese descent Hong Kong female freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Hong Kong Swimmers at the 2014 Asian Games Swimmers at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Hong Kong Asian Games bronze medalists for Hong Kong Asian Games medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics {{HongKong-swimming-bio-stub