About Yip Tsz Wa
Born 1990. Yip Tsz Wa is a Chinese swimmer.
Yvonne Yip Tsz-wa (also Yip Tsz-wa, ; born October 22, 1990) is a Hong Kong swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. Yip qualified for the women's 100 m breaststroke, as Hong Kong's youngest ever swimmer (aged 13), at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She set a new Hong Kong record and posted a FINA B-standard entry time of 1:13.02 from the Asian Age Group Championships in her home venue. She challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including 15-year-old Alia Atkinson, who later became Jamaica's top swimmer. She edged out Iceland's Íris Edda Heimisdóttir to claim a seventh spot by 0.82 of a second, outside her record time of 1:14.53. Yip failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed thirty-ninth overall in the preliminaries.
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Who is Yip Tsz Wa?
Hong Kong swimmer
When was Yip Tsz Wa born?
Yip Tsz Wa was born on 22 October 1990 in Hong Kong Island.
What is Yip Tsz Wa's occupation?
Yip Tsz Wa is a swimmer.
What nationality is Yip Tsz Wa?
Yip Tsz Wa is Chinese.
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