Robyn Claire Lamsam (

Chinese Chinese may refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people identified with China, through nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **Han Chinese, East Asian ethnic group native to China. **'' Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic ...

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

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

. 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, symbolizing the pinnacle of speed and athleticism in swimming competitions. The first swimm ...

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. Lamsam competed at the

1994 Asian Games The 1994 Asian Games (), also known as the XII Asiad and the 12th Asian Games () or simply Hiroshima 1994 (), were held from October 2 to 16, 1994, in Hiroshima, Japan. It was the first Asian Games in history to be hosted in a non-capital city. Th ...

Hiroshima is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 1,199,391. The gross domestic product (GDP) in Greater Hiroshima, Hiroshima Urban Employment Area, was US$61.3 billion as of 2010. Kazumi Matsui has b ...

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 The University of Queensland is a Public university, public research university located primarily in Brisbane, the capital city of the Australian state of Queensland. Founded in 1909 by the Queensland parliament, UQ is one of the six sandstone ...

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 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.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lamsam, Robyn Claire 1977 births Hong Kong female freestyle swimmers Living people Robyn Lamsam Olympic swimmers for Hong Kong Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Swimmers at the 1994 Asian Games Swimmers at the 1998 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Hong Kong Asian Games bronze medalists for Hong Kong Asian Games swimmers for Hong Kong Hong Kong people of Parsi descent Hong Kong people of Thai descent University of Queensland alumni Asian Games bronze medalists in swimming Asian Games silver medalists in swimming