Camille Cheng

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{{Infobox Chinese|title=Camille Cheng Lily-mei|first=t|t=鄭莉梅|s=郑莉梅|j=zeng6 lei6 mui4|p=Zhèng Lìméi}}

Camille Cheng Lily-mei ({{zh|t=鄭莉梅}}; born 9 May 1993) is a Hong Kong competitive swimmer.

She qualified to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and was selected to represent Hong Kong in the women's 50 metre freestyle, 100 metre freestyle, 200 metre freestyle, and 4x100 metre medley relay.{{cite web|url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/camille-cheng |title=Camille Cheng |website=rio2016.com |accessdate=7 August 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806064502/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/camille-cheng |archivedate= 6 August 2016 }}

Early life, education and career

Born on 9 May 1993 in Hong Kong to a Taiwanese father Cheng Wong-ping and French mother Catherine. She speaks French, English and Mandarin.[https://swimswam.com/bio/camille-cheng/ "Camille Cheng."] Swim Swam. Retrieved 2017-06-14. She went to French International School until the age of nine, when her family moved to Beijing for her father's engineering job. She attended the International School of Beijing.

She swam for the University of California, Berkeley, team under Olympic coach Teri McKeever and alongside the already Olympian medalist Sara Isaković. She became joint captain in her final year before graduating university with a degree in Psychology. Cheng took Bronze at the Asian Games in 2014. In December 2015, Cheng made an Olympic A time (which guarantees a place) at the United States National Championships in 200 metre freestyle. She became one of three Hong Kong women to have ever made an A time.[http://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/1944083/road-rio-how-hong-kong-swim-star-camille-cheng-went-olympic "Road to Rio: How Hong Kong swim star Camille Cheng went from Olympic spectator to competitor."] James Porteous. South China Morning Post. Alibaba. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 2017-06-14.

Competition Rankings

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!Year

!Competition

!Location

!Ranking

!Race

2013

|Universiade

|Kazan

|align="center" |8th

|4 × 200 m freestyle

rowspan="8" |2014

| rowspan="4" |Asian Games

| rowspan="4" |Incheon

|align="center" |7th {{cite web |title=Camille Cheng - Women's Swimming & Diving |url=https://calbears.com/sports/womens-swimming-and-diving/roster/camille-cheng/8250 |website=University of California Golden Bears Athletics |accessdate=16 August 2020}}

| 200 m freestyle

align="center" |6th

|100 m freestyle

align="center" bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd

|4 × 200 m freestyle

align="center" bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd

|4 × 100 m freestyle

rowspan="4" |Pan Pacific Championships

| rowspan="4" |Gold Coast

|align="center" |8th

|100 m freestyle

align="center" |7th

|4 × 100 m freestyle

align="center" |6th

|4 × 200 m freestyle

align="center" |6th

|4 × 100 m 4 strokes

2015

|World Championships

|Kazan

|align="center" |32nd

|100 m freestyle

rowspan="3" |2016

| rowspan="3" |Summer Olympics{{cite web |title=Camille Cheng - Results |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/130492 |website=Olympedia |accessdate=16 August 2020}}

| rowspan="3" |Rio de Janeiro

|align="center" |44th

|50 m freestyle

align="center" |24th

|100 m freestyle

align="center" |29th

|200 m freestyle

rowspan="5" |2018

| rowspan="5" |Asian Games{{cite news |last1=Careem |first1=Nazvi |title=Asian Games: Hong Kong swimmers win bronze in women's 4x100m freestyle relay |url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2160403/asian-games-hong-kong-swimmers-win-bronze-womens-4x100m-relay |accessdate=16 August 2020 |newspaper=South China Morning Post |date=19 August 2018}}

| rowspan="5" |Jakarta

|align="center" |5th

|100 m freestyle

align="center" |6th

|200 m freestyle

align="center" bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd

|4 × 100 m freestyle

align="center" bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd

|4 × 200 m freestyle

align="center" bgcolor="silver"|2nd

|4 × 100 m women's 4 strokes

rowspan="2" |2019

| rowspan="2" |World Championships{{cite web |last1=Yen |first1=Ruey |title=Cal Bears at 2019 FINA World Championships update: 5 relay, 1 team, and 1 individual medals |url=https://www.californiagoldenblogs.com/2019/7/26/8931450/update-of-cal-bears-at-2019-fina-world-championships-murphy-baker-mclaughlin-swimming-water-polo |website=California Golden Blogs |date=26 July 2019 |accessdate=16 August 2020}}

| rowspan="2" |Gwangju

|align="center" |10th

|4 × 100 m freestyle

align="center" |11th

|4 × 200 m freestyle

Personal bests

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|+Long course 50 m {{cite web|title=Swimrankings - CHENG, Camille Lily Mei|url=https://www.swimrankings.net/index.php?page=athleteDetail&athleteId=4870450&athletePage=PBEST|website=Swim Rankings|date=|accessdate=2020-08-16}}

!Race

!Time

!Location

!Date

50 m freestyle

|25 s 74

|TYR Pro Swim Series

|7 March 2020

100 m freestyle

|54 s 86

|Austin

|15 January 2016