Robyn Claire Lamsam (

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: 伍劭斌; born 4 August 1977) is a swimmer who represented

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at the

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. Lamsam started swimming when she was seven years old at the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club, and would go on to break 21 Hong Kong National Swimming records. Lamsam was still just 14 years old when she competed in the

, she was the youngest of the 38 athletes and only female swimmer who represented Hong Kong at those Games, she competed in four swimming events, first up was the

100 metre freestyle The 100 metre freestyle is often considered to be the highlight (Blue Ribbon event) of the sport of swimming, like 100 metres in the sport of Athletics. The first swimmer to break the one-minute barrier (long course) was Johnny Weissmuller, in 1 ...

where she swam in 59.26 seconds and finished in 37th place out of 48 swimmers. The next day she swam in the 200 metre freestyle and ended the race in 30th place out of 37, Lamsam also went on to finish in 30th place in the 400 metre freestyle, then four days before her fifteenth birthday she swam in the 50 metre freestyle and finished with a time of 27.40 seconds and ended in 36th place out of the 50 swimmers. Two years at her Olympic appearance, Lamsam competed at the

1994 Asian Games The 1994 Asian Games ( ja, 1994年アジア競技大会, ''Senkyūhyakukyūjūyon-nen Ajia kyōgi taikai''), also known as the XII Asiad and the 12th Asian Games ( ja, 第12回アジア競技大会, Daijūni-kai Ajia kyōgi taikai), were held from ...

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and returned with a silver medal in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay and a bronze medal in the 50 metre freestyle. In 1997 she received the

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in recognition of her achievements and contributions to sport in

. Lamsam attended the

University of Queensland , mottoeng = By means of knowledge and hard work , established = , endowment = A$224.3 million , budget = A$2.1 billion , type = Public research university , chancellor = Peter Varghese , vice_chancellor = Deborah Terry , city = B ...

and gained a degree in journalism and a honours degree in Asian studies, she would go on to become a freelance master of ceremonies, hosting a range of important events in Hong Kong, Macau and China.

Roy Lamsam John Patrick Roy Lamsam (born 15 May 1980) is a Hong Kong cricketer who has played 8 One Day Internationals and four ICC Trophy matches between 1997 and 2008. He is a specialist batsman who has batted between five and eight in the batting order ...

, former cricketer, is her younger brother. In addition to the Thai-

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Lamsam family The Lamsam family ( th, ล่ำซำ) is a Thai family of Chinese descent. Notable as the founders of Kasikornbank, the extended family owns businesses in the banking and insurance industries. The family's current head, Banthoon Lamsam, togethe ...

on her father side, she is a member of the

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ewall family (through her mother Kim Fenton Lamsam and maternal grandmother Patricia Kotewall Fenton) and the Fenton family (through her maternal grandfather John Cecil Fenton). She has a son, Kyle Patrick, with her husband Marc Convery. English actor and producer

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is her second cousin through the Kotewalls.

Sir Robert Kotewall Sir Robert Hormus Kotewall (羅旭龢; 1880–1949) was a British Hong Kong businessman, civil servant and legislator. Early life Kotewall was born in 1880. He was the son of Hormusjee Rustomjee Kotewall, an Indian Parsi, and Cheung A-cheung. ...

is her great-grandfather.

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