Katii Tang

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In this Hong Kong name, the surname is Tang. In accordance with Hong Kong custom, the Western-style name is Katii Tang and the Chinese-style name is Tang Tsoi-lam.
Katii Tang
Personal information
Full nameKatii Tang Tsoi-lam
Born (2001-08-29) 29 August 2001 (age 20)
Hong Kong
Height169 cm (5 ft 7 in) (2018)
Weight56 kg (123 lb) (2018)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle

Katii Tang Tsoi-lam (Chinese: 鄧采淋; born 29 August 2001), is a Hong Kong female swimmer. She graduated from the .[1] From September 2019, she started studying in the University of Michigan.[2]

Biography[]

Katii Tang started to learn swimming at the age of four. She initially thought practising swimming daily was exhausting and boring. However, having won five gold medals in a competition, she started to enjoy swimming for its sense of accomplishment.[1]

In August 2015, Tang participated in the 100m freestyle, 400m freestyle, 800m freestyle, and 1500m freestyle event and five relay events in the 2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships. The best result was ranking 25th in the 1500m freestyle event.[3]

In November 2016, Tang along with Chan Kin Lok, Claudia Lau, and Sze Hang Yu came 3rd in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay event of the 2016 Asian Swimming Championships with a time of 8:16.37.[4] Tang ranked 7th in the 200m freestyle and 800m freestyle event.

In September 2017, Tang ranked 6th in the 200m freestyle event of the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.[5] Later that month, she achieved his personal best in the 800m freestyle event of the 2017 FINA Swimming World Cup Hong Kong meet with a time of 8:43.01, ranking 3rd.[6]

In August 2018, Tang along with Camille Cheng, Ho Nam Wai, and Sze Hang Yu, representing Hong Kong, came 3rd in 4 × 200 m freestyle relay event in Swimming at the 2018 Asian Games.[7]

Swimming records[]

Tang has held one junior record[8] and one Inter-school Swimming Competition record.[9]

Event Time Date
Junior records
1 Long course 4 × 200 m freestyle relay

(Happy Valley Athletic Association–Tang Tsoi Lam Katii; Kan Cheuk Tung Natalie; Yip Charis Gabrielle Chak Yan; Chong, Sum Yee) 		8:40.12 2017-07-15
Inter-school Swimming Competition
1 Long course 100m freestyle

(–Tang Tsoi Lam Katii) 		57.60 2018-10-18

References[]

  1. ^ a b 【學界游泳精英賽】港隊師妹接棒 鄧采淋游向世界舞台 [[Interschool Swimming Competition] Katii Tang Takes over and Swims Towards the World Stage]. 體路 (in Chinese). 6 May 2017. Archived from the original on 7 September 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Hong Kong National Teamer Katii Tang Sends Verbal to Michigan". SwimSwam. 8 November 2018. Archived from the original on 31 March 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  3. ^ "All 5th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 2015 Results By OMEGA". Omega Timing. Archived from the original on 31 March 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  4. ^ 【亞洲泳賽】港隊奪女子4x200自接力銅牌 [[Asian Swimming Championships] The Hong Kong Team Came Third in the Women 4×200m Freestyle Relay Event]. 體路 (in Chinese). 17 November 2016. Archived from the original on 20 August 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  5. ^ 【土庫曼亞室運直擊】歐鎧淳100背封后 接力慢0.1秒摘銀灑淚 [[Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Live] Stephanie Au Won the Women 100m Medley Event but Came Second in the Women 4×50m Freestyle Relay Event by 0.1s]. 體路 (in Chinese). 24 September 2017. Archived from the original on 19 February 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  6. ^ 【游泳世界盃】小「飛魚」大爆發 何南慧鄧采淋包辦女800米自銀銅牌 [[FINA Swimming World Cup] Little "Flying Fish" Breaks out; Ho Nam Wai and Katii Tang Came Respectively Second and Third in the 800m Freestyle Event]. 體路 (in Chinese). 30 September 2017. Archived from the original on 21 August 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  7. ^ 港女接力隊4x200自摘銅 [The Hong Kong Swimming Relay Team Came Third in the 4×200m Freestyle Relay Event]. Apple Daily 蘋果日報 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 31 March 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  8. ^ "HONG KONG LONG COURSE RECORDS (Listed Date:13th August, 2018)" (PDF). 香港業餘游泳總會. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  9. ^ 【D2學界游泳】鄧采淋改寫女甲100自紀錄 福建香港國際大勝稱王封后 [[D2 Interschool Swimming Competition] Katii Tang Set a New Record in the Women A Grade 100m Freestyle Event; the Fukien Secondary School and Hong Kong International School Won in Respectively Men and Women Group Event]. Yahoo! News Yahoo新聞 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 31 March 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
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