Chan Wing-suet

{{Short description|Hong Kong swimmer (born 1986)}}

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| name = Chan Wing-suet

| honorific_suffix = OLY

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| fullname = Sandy Chan Wing-suet

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| national_team = {{HKG}}

| strokes = Butterfly

| club = HTA Sports Club

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|9|26|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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| height = {{convert|1.64|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|50|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

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{{family name hatnote|Chan|Sandy Chan|Chan Wing-suet|lang=Hong Kong}}

Sandy Chan Wing-suet (also Chan Wing-suet, or Sandy Chan {{zh|t=陳詠雪|j=can⁴ wing⁶syut³|p=Chén Yǒngxuě}}; born September 26, 1986) is a Hong Kong former swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events.{{cite sports-reference|title = Chan Wing-suet|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/chan-wing-suet-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170629191041/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/chan-wing-suet-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 29 June 2017|access-date = 30 April 2013}} She is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004) and a double finalist at the Asian Games (2002).

Chan made her Olympic debut, as Hong Kong's youngest swimmer (aged 13), at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she competed in the women's 200 m butterfly. She topped the first heat in a time of 2:19.86, but finished only in thirty-third overall from the preliminaries.{{cite web|title=Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 200m Butterfly Heat 1 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 August 2011 |work=Sydney 2000 |publisher=LA84 Foundation |page=232 |accessdate=23 April 2013 }}

At the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, Chan attempted to claim her first career medal, but settled only for seventh place in the 100 m butterfly, and fifth in the 200 m butterfly (2:17.42).{{cite news|title=Japan Takes Four of Five Events on Day One of Asian Games|url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/4182.asp|publisher=Swimming World Magazine|date=30 September 2002|accessdate=30 April 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130411215057/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/4182.asp|archivedate=11 April 2013}}{{cite news|title=Japan's Kitajima Breaks Barrowman's 200m Breaststroke World Record; Cracks 2:10 Barrier|url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/4185.asp|publisher=Swimming World Magazine|date=2 October 2002|accessdate=30 April 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213175321/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/4185.asp|archivedate=13 February 2012}}

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Chan qualified again for the 200 m butterfly, by posting a FINA B-cut of 2:16.49 from the Hong Kong Championships in Kowloon.{{cite web|title=Swimming – Women's 200m Butterfly Startlist (Heat 1)|url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000104060027000000FFFFFFFFFFFF00|format=PDF|work=Athens 2004|publisher=Omega Timing|accessdate=24 April 2013}}{{cite news|last=Powell|first=Jonathan|title=Perfect timing by schoolgirls|url=http://www.scmp.com/article/450390/perfect-timing-schoolgirls|publisher=South China Morning Post|accessdate=30 April 2013}} She challenged seven other swimmers on the same heat as Sydney, including 15-year-old Maria Bulakhova of Russia. She raced to fourth place by three tenths of a second (0.30) behind Slovenia's Anja Klinar in 2:18.45. Chan failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed twenty-ninth overall in the prelims.{{cite web|title=Women's 200m Butterfly Heat 2|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/swimming/results/3531200.stm|work=Athens 2004|publisher=BBC Sport|date=17 August 2004|accessdate=31 January 2013}}{{cite news|last=Thomas|first=Stephen|title=Women's 200 Butterfly Prelims, Day 4: Jedrzejczak Fastest. Nakanishi, Risztov, Sandeno and Thomas All Qualify|url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7853.asp|publisher=Swimming World Magazine|date=17 August 2004|accessdate=24 April 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051203025130/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7853.asp|archivedate=3 December 2005}}