Kieran Chan

Kieran Chan
Personal information
Full name Kieran Chan
National team  Papua New Guinea
Born (1984-12-29) 29 December 1984
Boroko, Port Moresby,
Papua New Guinea
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke
Club Boroko Swim Club

Kieran Chan (born December 29, 1984) is a Papua New Guinean former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] Chan competed for Papua New Guinea in the men's 100 m breaststroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[2] He received a Universality place from FINA, in an entry time of 1:14.40.[3] He participated in heat one against two other swimmers Antonio Leon of Paraguay and Joe Atuhaire of Uganda. Diving in with a 0.95-second deficit, Chan enjoyed the race of his life to take only a second seed in a lifetime best of 1:13.34. Chan failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed sixty-third overall on the first day of prelims.[4][5]

References

  1. "Kieran Chan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  2. "Squad spots up for grabs at swim". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier. 24 August 2000. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  3. "Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  4. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Heat 1" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 240. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  5. Newberry, Paul (16 September 2000). "Thompson anchors U.S. relay win; Thorpe wins 400 free". Canoe.ca. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
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