Elaine Chan

{{Short description|Hong Kong swimmer (born 1988)}}

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| name = Elaine Chan

| honorific_suffix = OLY

| image = Elaine Chan 2009.jpg

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| caption = Chan in 2009

| fullname = Elaine Chan Yu-ning

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| national_team = {{HKG}}

| strokes = Freestyle

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|3|15|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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| height = {{convert|1.76|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|65|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

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{{distinguish|Elaine Chen}}

{{family name hatnote|Chan|Elaine Chan|Chan Yu-ning|lang=Hong Kong}}

Elaine Chan Yu-ning ({{zh|t=陳宇寧|j=can⁴ jyu⁵ ning⁴}}; born March 15, 1988) is a two-time Olympic swimmer from Hong Kong, specialized in freestyle events.{{cite sports-reference|title = Chan Elaine|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/chan-elaine-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170704145424/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/chan-elaine-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 4 July 2017|access-date = 21 November 2012}} At age sixteen, Chan first competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she finished forty-seventh in the women's 50 m freestyle, with a time of 27.48 seconds.{{cite web|title=Women's 50m Freestyle Heat 6|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/swimming/results/3535060.stm|work=Athens 2004|publisher=BBC Sport|date=20 August 2004|accessdate=31 January 2013}}{{cite news|last=Thomas |first=Stephen |title=Women's 50 Freestyle, Prelims Day 7: Inky Sizzles in World Best 24.66, Joyce Next in PR 25.06, Jenny Thompson Makes It Too |url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7915.asp |publisher=Swimming World Magazine |date=20 August 2004 |accessdate=19 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204111631/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7915.asp |archivedate=4 February 2012 }} Following her remarkable performance at the Olympics, Chan granted a full scholarship to the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, where she trained with the college swimming team for 18 months.{{cite news|author=Schrader, Katie |title=Swimmers to host meets |url=http://www.thelantern.com/2.1351/swimmers-to-host-meets-1.83096#.UK1wkYezmZ8 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204025338/http://www.thelantern.com/2.1351/swimmers-to-host-meets-1.83096%23.UK1wkYezmZ8 |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 February 2013 |publisher=The Lantern |date=13 January 2006 |accessdate=21 November 2012 }}{{cite web|title=Our Olympic contender |url=http://www.fbe.hku.hk/News/Newsletter/doc/200809.pdf |work=Contact |publisher=Faculty of Business and Economics – University of Hong Kong |page=6 |accessdate=21 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514203503/http://www.fbe.hku.hk/News/Newsletter/doc/200809.pdf |archivedate=14 May 2013 }} In 2007, Chan returned to Hong Kong to pursue her education with a bachelor's degree in economics and finance at the University of Hong Kong, while she trained with the national team in preparation for the Olympics. She qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and competed for the second time in women's 50 m freestyle. She swam in the seventh heat of the competition, with a time of 26.54 seconds, bettering her personal best from the previous Olympics, but finishing only in forty-fourth place.{{cite web|title=Swimming: Women's 50m Freestyle – Heat 7 |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc=SWW010900/index.html |work=Beijing 2008 |publisher=NBC Olympics |accessdate=21 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821062506/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSWW010900/index.html |archivedate=21 August 2012 }}