Siobhan Bernadette Haughey

Siobhan Bernadette Haughey
Personal information
Surname:	Siobhan Bernadette Haughey
Nation:	Hong Kong
Swimming style (s) :	Freestyle
Birthday:	October 31, 1997
Place of birth:	Hong Kong
Size:	1.62 m
Weight:	56 kg
Medal table

Siobhan Bernadette Haughey ( Chinese  何 詩 蓓 ; born October 31, 1997 in Hong Kong ) is a Chinese swimmer who competes for her city of birth, as Hong Kong has its own national association within the Asia Swimming Federation and thus also within the world association FINA .

Personal

Siobhan is the daughter of Darach and Canjo Haughey and has an older sister, Aisling. Her father is Irish and her mother is from Hong Kong. Siobhan attends the Catholic-run St. Paul's Secondary School in the Happy Valley district .

In 2013 and 2014, she was named Best Young Athlete at the Hong Kong Sports Stars Awards .

Career

She learned to swim at the age of five with the South China AA and won her first medal at a local championship two years later. Over the years, she broke various age-group records in freestyle , chest and poses . She first represented her association in 2008 when she took part in a school competition in the Chinese port cities.

Haughey attends the Harry Wright International swimming school , where she is trained by Michael Fasching from Munich, among others . She celebrated her first major international success in August 2013 at the Junior World Championships in Dubai when she won the gold medal over 100 meters from Rūta Meilutytė and took third place over the half-distance. A few weeks later, she achieved something extraordinary at the East Asian Games in Tianjin : She could not win a title, but seven medals. With that she surpassed the record set four years earlier by her countrywoman Hannah Wilson , who had collected six medals in 2009 (also none gold). In the summer of 2014, Haughey competed in the Summer Youth Olympic Games , which were held in Nanjing . She finished second in both the 200 meter medley and the 100 meter freestyle race. At the Asian Games in Incheon , South Korea , she and her teammates secured bronze medals in all three relay competitions that fall.

A few days after the Asian Games, Haughey initially announced orally without obligation that she was planning to join the college team at the University of Michigan .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Alvin Sallay: "Hong Kong teen Haughey set to leave swimming world in her wake" . On September 15, 2013 in the South China Morning Post . Retrieved August 1, 2015 from scmp.com .
2. ↑ "Bogenhauser Michael Fasching trains international swimming hope" . On August 23, 2014 in the Münchner Wochenanzeiger . Retrieved on August 1, 2015 from wochenanzeiger.de .
3. ↑ Chan Kin-wa: "Siobhan Haughey caps East Asian Games debut with 7th swim medal" . On October 15, 2013 in the South China Morning Post . Retrieved August 1, 2015 from scmp.com .
4. ^ "World junior champion Siobhan Haughey verbally commits to Michigan" . On October 11, 2014 on swimswam.com . Retrieved there on August 1, 2015.