Camille Cheng Lily-mei (; 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.
She subsequently represented Hong Kong in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where she competed in the 4 × 100 m medley relay, 4 × 100 m freestyle relay and the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay.
In 2024, Cheng represented Hong Kong again in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris where she swam the women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay.
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."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."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.
In 2020, Cheng qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. In 2024, Cheng qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris where she swam the women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay.
Competition Rankings YearCompetitionLocationRankingRace2013UniversiadeKazan8th4 × 200 m freestyle2014Asian GamesIncheon7th 200 m freestyle6th100 m freestyle3rd4 × 200 m freestyle3rd4 × 100 m freestylePan Pacific ChampionshipsGold Coast8th100 m freestyle7th4 × 100 m freestyle6th4 × 200 m freestyle6th4 × 100 m 4 strokes2015World ChampionshipsKazan32nd100 m freestyle2016Summer OlympicsRio de Janeiro44th50 m freestyle24th100 m freestyle29th200 m freestyle2018Asian GamesJakarta5th100 m freestyle6th200 m freestyle3rd4 × 100 m freestyle3rd4 × 200 m freestyle2nd4 × 100 m women's 4 strokes2019World ChampionshipsGwangju10th4 × 100 m freestyle11th4 × 200 m freestyle10th4 × 100 m freestyle relayHeats results11th4 × 200 m freestyle relayHeats results2020Summer OlympicsTokyo13th4 × 100 m medley relay15th4 × 100 m freestyle relay4 × 200 metre freestyle relay2022World ChampionshipsBudapest32th50 m freestyle16th mixed freestyle relay13th mixed medley relay2023Asian GamesHangzhou4th freestyle relay3rd medley relay3rd freestyle relayWorld ChampionshipsFukuoka12th4 × 100 m freestyle relay16th4 × 100 m medley relay22nd4 × 100 m mixed freestyle relay2024World ChampionshipsDoha9th4 × 100 m freestyle relay8th4 × 100 m medley relay8th4 × 100 m mixed freestyle relaySummer Olympics Paris15th4 × 100 m freestyle relay
Personal bests
+Long course 50 m RaceTimeLocationDate50 m freestyle25 s 74TYR Pro Swim Series7 March 2020100 m freestyle54 s 86Austin15 January 2016200 m freestyle1 min 58 s 78Federal Way4 December 2015400 m freestyle4 min 24 s 4Minneapolis13 November 2015100 m freestyle (lap)54 s 37Rio de Janeiro12 August 2016200 m freestyle (lap)2 min 00 s 85Jakarta21 August 201850 m butterfly28 s 742021-22 Div.1 Age Group LC Swimming Comp P230 May 2021100 m butterfly1 min 02 s 94Los Angeles20 July 2014
+Short course 25 m RaceTimeLocationDate50 m freestyle25 s 68Hong Kong30 September 2017100 m freestyle54 s 78Hong Kong1 October 2017200 m freestyle2 min 00 s 09Hong Kong30 September 2017
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